Brachyscias

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|genus = Brachyscias

|parent_authority = J.M.Hart & Henwood

|species = verecundus

|authority = J.M.Hart & Henwood

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Brachyscias is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae. Its only species is Brachyscias verecundus (common name - ironstone brachyscias), described in 1999, from Southwest Australia.{{cite journal|last1=Hart|first1=J.M.|last2=Henwood|first2=M.J.|title=Brachyscias (Apiaceae): a new genus from south-west Western Australia|journal=Australian Systematic Botany|date=1999|volume=12|issue=2|pages=175–179|doi=10.1071/SB98002}}

Conservation status

It is listed as critically endangered under the Australian government's Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, due to there being just one confirmed population and extreme fluctuations in the number of mature individuals, together with a continuing decline in the habitat quality. Threats include "firebreak maintenance activities, lack of appropriate disturbance, inappropriate fire regimes, mineral exploration, hydrological changes, weed invasion and rabbits".

References

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{{cite web|url=http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=81321|title=Species Profile and Threats Database: Brachyscias verecundus — Ironstone Brachyscias|author= Department of the Environment|date=2020|website=www.environment.gov.au/sprat|publisher=Department of the Environment|location= Canberra|accessdate=2020-04-19}}

{{cite web|url=

https://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/images/documents/plants-animals/threatened-species/recovery_plans/Approved_interim_recovery_plans_/bra_ver_irp174.pdf | title=INTERIM RECOVERY PLAN NO. 174 IRONSTONE BRACHYSCIAS (BRACHYSCIAS VERECUNDUS) INTERIM RECOVERY PLAN 2004-2009| first1=Robyn|last1=Luu|first2=Val|last2=English|date=2004 |access-date=2020-04-19|publisher=Department of Conservation and Land Management, Western Australian Threatened Species and Communities Unit | location=Wanneroo}}

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Category:Apiales of Australia

Category:Eudicots of Western Australia

Category:Monotypic Apiaceae genera

Category:Apiaceae

Category:Endemic flora of Southwest Australia