Cryptandra magniflora
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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|image_caption = In the Scotia Sanctuary
|genus = Cryptandra
|species = magniflora
|authority = F.Muell.{{cite web |title=Cryptandra magniflora |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/87673 |publisher=Australian Plant Census |access-date=2 January 2023}}
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Cryptandra magniflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to Victoria (Australia). It is a shrub with cylindrical leaves, and clusters of white, tube-shaped flowers.
Description
Cryptandra magniflora is usually a twiggy, widely branched shrub that typically grows to a height of up to about {{cvt|1|m}}, its branches usually not spiny. The leaves are cylindrical, mostly {{cvt|1.5–5|mm}} long, {{cvt|0.5–1.0|mm}} wide and sessile or on a short petiole, and grooved on the lower side. There are triangular to egg-shaped stipules {{cvt|1.2–2.0|mm}} long at the base of the petioles. The upper surface is mostly glabrous, the lower surface hairy. The flowers are borne in clusters of up to 10 in leaf axils with dark brown to black, egg-shaped to elliptic bracts {{cvt|1.6–4|mm}} long at the base. The floral tube is white, {{cvt|3.5–6|mm}} long, the sepals {{cvt|1.8–3.5|mm}} long and the petals {{cvt|0.9–1.5|mm}} long.{{cite web |last1=Walsh |first1=Neville |title=Cryptandra magniflora |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/27b087ea-cd50-4326-a57c-62234c1940fa |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |access-date=2 January 2023}}{{cite journal |last1=Kellermann |first1=Jurgen |last2=Udovicic |first2=Frank |title=A revision of the Cryptandra propinqua complex (Rhamnaceae: Pomaderreae). |journal=Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales |date=1862 |volume=128 |pages=94–97 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/110727#page/370/mode/1up |access-date=2 January 2023}}
Taxonomy and naming
Cryptandra magniflora was first formally described in 1862 by Ferdinand von Mueller in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae from specimens collected near the junction of the Murray and Darling Rivers.{{cite web |title=Cryptandra magniflora |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/instance/apni/507911 |publisher=Australian Plant Name Index |access-date=1 January 2023}}{{cite book |last1=von Mueller |first1=Ferdinand |title=Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae |volume=3 |date=1862 |publisher=Victorian Government Printer |location=Melbourne |pages=65–66 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/7220#page/72/mode/1up |access-date=2 January 2023}} The specific epithet (magniflora) means "large-flowered".{{cite book |last1=Sharr |first1=Francis Aubi |last2=George |first2=Alex |title=Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings |date=2019 |publisher=Four Gables Press |location=Kardinya, WA |isbn=9780958034180 |page=247 |edition=3rd}}
Distribution and habitat
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Category:Flora of Victoria (state)