Platysace clelandii
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Platysace clelandii, is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is small shrub with fan-shaped leaves and white flowers.
Description
Platysace clelandii is a small, scrambling shrub to {{cvt|30-60|cm}} high and stems with long, upright, rigid hairs to soft, straight hairs. The leaves are fan-shaped, more or less circular to oval-shaped, usually {{cvt|6-7|mm}} long, up to {{cvt|10|mm}} wide, 3-5 lobes, base wedge-shaped, apex sharply toothed and on a petiole {{cvt|1.5|mm}} long. The white flowers are borne in umbels, {{cvt|2-3|cm}} in diameter, 4-6 rays and linear-shaped bracteoles up to {{cvt|1.5|mm}} long. Flowering occurs from August to February and the fruit about {{cvt|1.5|mm}} long, {{cvt|2-2.2|mm}} wide, slightly ribbed, wrinkled and sparingly covered in short bristles.{{cite web |last1=Powell |first1=J.M. |last2=Hastings |first2=S.M. |title=Platysace clelandii |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Platysace~clelandii |website=PlantNET-NSW flora online |publisher=Royal Botanic Garden Sydney |access-date=29 April 2023}}{{cite book |last1=Fairley |first1=Alan |last2=Moore |first2=Philip |title=Native Plants of the Sydney Region |date=2010 |publisher=Jacana Books |location=Crows Nest |isbn=9781741755718 |page=355 |edition=3}}
Taxonomy and naming
In 1912 the species was named Trachymene clelandii by Joseph Maiden and Daniel Ludwig Ernst Betche.{{cite web |title=Trachymene clelandii |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/60748/api/apni-format |publisher=Australian Plant Name Index |access-date=1 May 2023}}{{cite journal |last1=Betche |first1=Daniel |last2=Maiden |first2=Joseph |title=Trachymene clelandii |journal=Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales |date=1912 |issue=37 |pages=246–247 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2903354#page/264/mode/1up |access-date=1 May 2023}} In 1962 Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson changed the name to Platysace clelandii and the description was published in Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium.{{cite web |title=Platysace clelandii |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/search/names?product=APNI&tree.id=&name=Platysace+clelandii+%28Maiden+%26+Betche%29+L.A.S.Johnson&inc._scientific=&inc.scientific=on&inc._cultivar=&inc._other=&max=100&display=apni&search=true |publisher=Australian Plant Name Index |access-date=1 May 2023}} The specific epithet (clelandii) honours John Burton Cleland collector of the type specimen.{{cite book |last1=George |first1=A.S |last2=Sharr |first2=F.A |title=Western Australian Plant Names and their meanings |date=2021 |publisher=Four Gables |location=Kardinya |isbn=9780958034197 |page=168 |edition=4th}}
Distribution and habitat
Platysace clelandii grows in open, dry forests and hillsides amongst sandstone rocks from Glen Davis to Berowra.
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Category:Flora of New South Wales