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Phebalium glandulosum

{{short description|Species of plant}}

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|name = Desert phebalium

|image = Phebalium glandulosum subspecies glandulosum.jpg

|image_caption = Subspecies glandulosum in the ANBG

|genus = Phebalium

|species = glandulosum

|authority = Hook.{{cite web|title=Phebalium glandulosum|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/82008|publisher=Australian Plant Census|accessdate=19 June 2020}}

|synonyms_ref =

|synonyms = Eriostemon lepidotus var. glandulosus (Hook.) F.Muell. nom. inval., nom. nud.

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File:Phebalium glandulosum glandulosum habit.jpg]]

Phebalium glandulosum, commonly known as desert phebalium,{{cite web |last1=Weston |first1=Peter H. |last2=Harden |first2=Gwen J. |title=Phebalium glandulosum |url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Phebalium~glandulosum |publisher=Royal Botanic Garden Sydney |accessdate=19 June 2020}} is a species of shrub that is endemic to eastern Australia. It has glandular-warty stems covered with silvery to rust-coloured scales, wedge-shaped leaves that are scaly on the lower surface, and yellow flowers arranged in umbels on the ends of branchlets.

Description

Phebalium glandulosum is a shrub that typically grows to a height of {{cvt|0.5–2.5|m}}. It has glandular-warty stems that are densely covered with silvery to rust-coloured scales. It has wedge-shaped leaves that are {{cvt|3–30|mm}} long and {{cvt|1–5|mm}} wide on a short petiole. Five to ten pale to bright yellow flowers are arranged in more or less sessile umbels on the ends of branchlets, each flower on a pedicel {{cvt|2–7|mm}} long. The calyx is hemispherical to top-shaped, {{cvt|1–1.5|mm}} long, glandular warty and covered with scales on the outside. The petals are {{cvt|2.5–3|mm}} long and overlap each other. Flowering occurs in spring and the follicles are erect and {{cvt|3–4|mm}} long.{{cite web |last1=Walsh |first1=Nevill |title=Phebalium glandulosum |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/d633135d-8043-4392-a497-13c06d777012 |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Victoria |accessdate=19 June 2020}}{{cite journal |last1=Wilson |first1=Paul G. |title=A Taxonomic Revision of the Genera Crowea, Eriostemon and Phebalium (Rutaceae). Nuytsia 1(1) |journal=Nuytsia |date=1970 |volume=1 |issue=1 |page=78 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/223300#page/84/mode/1up|accessdate=19 June 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Wilson |first1=Paul G. |title=Phebalium glandulosum |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Phebalium%20glandulosum |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Canberra |accessdate=19 June 2020}}

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by English botanist William Jackson Hooker in Thomas Mitchell's Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia in 1848.{{cite web|title=Phebalium glandulosum|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/498888|publisher=APNI|accessdate=19 June 2020}}{{cite book |last1=Hooker |first1=William Jackson |editor-last1=Mitchell |editor-first1=Thomas Livingstone |title=Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia |date=1848 |publisher=Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans |location=London |page=199 |url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/9943/9943-h/9943-h.htm |accessdate=19 June 2020}}

In 1970, Peter G. Wilson described three subspecies of P. glandulosum in the journal Nuytsia, a further subspecies in 1998 in the same journal and in 2008 Robyn L. Giles described a further three in Australian Systematic Botany. The names of the six subspecies are accepted at the Australian Plant Census:

  • P. glandulosum subsp. angustifolium Paul G.Wilson{{cite web|title=Phebalium glandulosum subsp. angustifolium|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/82046|publisher=Australian Plant Census|accessdate=19 June 2020}} (N.S.W.)
  • P. glandulosum subsp. eglandulosum (Blakely) Paul G.Wilson{{cite web|title=Phebalium glandulosum subsp. eglandulosum|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/82106|publisher=Australian Plant Census|accessdate=19 June 2020}} (Qld., N.S.W.)
  • P. glandulosum Hook. subsp. glandulosum{{cite web|title=Phebalium glandulosum subsp. glandulosum|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/82148|publisher=Australian Plant Census|accessdate=19 June 2020}} (Qld., N.S.W.)
  • P. glandulosum subsp. macrocalyx R.L.Giles{{cite web|title=Phebalium glandulosum subsp. macrocalyx|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/220504|publisher=Australian Plant Census|accessdate=19 June 2020}} (S.A., Qld., N.S.W., Vic.)
  • P. glandulosum subsp. nitidum Paul G.Wilson{{cite web|title=Phebalium glandulosum subsp. nitidum|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/164709|publisher=Australian Plant Census|accessdate=19 June 2020}} (N.S.W.)
  • P. glandulosum subsp. riparium R.L.Giles{{cite web|title=Phebalium glandulosum subsp. riparium|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/220502|publisher=Australian Plant Census|accessdate=19 June 2020}} (Vic., N.S.W.)

Distribution and habitat

Phebalium glandulosum is widespread in heath, forest and mallee and occurs in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.

  • Subspecies angustifolium is mainly found in the Wollemi National Park in New South Wales.{{cite web |title=Phebalium glandulosum subsp. angustifolium |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=in&name=Phebalium~glandulosum+subsp.~angustifolium |publisher=Royal Botanic Garden Sydney |access-date=9 July 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Wilson |first1=Paul G. |title=Phebalium glandulosum subsp. angustifolium |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Phebalium%20glandulosum%20subsp.%20angustifolium |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Canberra |accessdate=9 July 2021}}
  • Subspecies eglandulosum is restricted to heath between granite rocks in the Torrington district in New South Wales and near Thulimbah in south-eastern Queensland.{{cite web |title=Phebalium glandulosum subsp. eglandulosum |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=in&name=Phebalium~glandulosum+subsp.~eglandulosum |publisher=Royal Botanic Garden Sydney |access-date=9 July 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Wilson |first1=Paul G. |title=Phebalium glandulosum subsp. eglandulosum |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Phebalium%20glandulosum%20subsp.%20eglandulosum |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Canberra |accessdate=9 July 2021}}
  • Subspecies glandulosum occurs in southern Queensland, inland New South Wales and southern South Australia.{{cite web |title=Phebalium glandulosum subsp. glandulosum |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=in&name=Phebalium~glandulosum+subsp.~glandulosum |publisher=Royal Botanic Garden Sydney |access-date=9 July 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Wilson |first1=Paul G. |title=Phebalium glandulosum subsp. glandulosum |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Phebalium%20glandulosum%20subsp.%20glandulosum |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Canberra |accessdate=9 July 2021}}
  • Subspecies macrocalyx grows in mallee woodland in western New South Wales, and in north-western Victoria where it is considered to be endangered.{{cite web |title=Phebalium glandulosum subsp. macrocalyx |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=in&name=Phebalium~glandulosum+subsp.~macrocalyx |publisher=Royal Botanic Garden Sydney |access-date=9 July 2021}}{{cite web |title=Phebalium glandulosum subsp. macrocalyx |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/e172ae27-a887-4316-9460-f18b725cb195 |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |access-date=9 July 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Wilson |first1=Paul G. |title=Phebalium glandulosum subsp. macrocalyx |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Phebalium%20glandulosum%20subsp.%20macrocalyx |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Canberra |accessdate=9 July 2021}}
  • Subspecies nitidum is restricted to the Warrumbungles in north-western New South Wales where it grows on rocky basalt slopes.{{cite web |title=Phebalium glandulosum subsp. nitidum |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=in&name=Phebalium~glandulosum+subsp.~nitidum |publisher=Royal Botanic Garden Sydney |access-date=9 July 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Wilson |first1=Paul G. |title=Phebalium glandulosum subsp. nitidum |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Phebalium%20glandulosum%20subsp.%20nitidum |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Canberra |accessdate=9 July 2021}}
  • Subspecies riparium, commonly known as Snowy River phebalium, grows on rocky slopes and near streams in the Snowy Mountains, especially near the gorges of the Snowy River in Victoria and New South Wales.{{cite web |title=Phebalium glandulosum subsp. riparium |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/394244ec-6751-4576-a152-5819df5b5dde |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |access-date=9 July 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Wilson |first1=Paul G. |title=Phebalium glandulosum subsp. riparium |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Phebalium%20glandulosum%20subsp.%20riparium |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Canberra |accessdate=9 July 2021}}

References

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Category:Flora of New South Wales

Category:Flora of Queensland

Category:Flora of South Australia

Category:Flora of Victoria (state)

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Category:Plants described in 1848

Category:Taxa named by William Jackson Hooker