Phlebocarya ciliata
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| synonyms = Phlebocarya laevis {{small|Lindl.}}
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Phlebocarya ciliata is a plant in the Haemodoraceae family,{{APNI2|id=67916|name=Phlebocarya ciliata}}
native to Western Australia.{{Cite web |title=Phlebocarya ciliata R.Br. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |website=Plants of the World Online |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:429821-1 |access-date=2021-04-09}}
It was first described by Robert Brown in 1810.
Description
Phlebocarya ciliata has flat leaves with leaf blades that are 25-65 cm by 1.6-3.7 mm and have fringed margins (though sometimes only towards the apex or the base). The flowerhead is about 1/3 to 2/3 as long as the leaves. The style is simple and there is one stigma.
It flowers from September to November and grows in heath and woodland in swampy to well-drained sandy soils.{{cite book |author=T.D.Macfarlane |author-link=Terry Desmond Macfarlane |year=2020 |chapter=Phlebocarya ciliata |title=Flora of Australia |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment |location=Canberra |chapter-url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Phlebocarya%20ciliata |access-date=2021-04-09}}
Etymology
The species epithet, ciliata, is a Latin adjective, ciliatus (from cilium, "eyelash") and thus describes the plant as having fine hairs extending from an edge, like an eyelash.{{Cite web |title=ciliatus,-a,-um |website=www.plantillustrations.org |url=http://www.plantillustrations.org/epithet.php?id_epithet=211598 |access-date=2021-04-09}}
References
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External links
- [https://avh.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Phlebocarya+ciliata#tab_mapView Phlebocarya ciliata occurrence data] from Australasian Virtual Herbarium
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Category:Flora of Western Australia
Category:Plants described in 1810
Category:Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)
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