Platysace lanceolata
{{Short description|Species of shrub}}
{{Speciesbox
|name = Shrubby platyscace
|image = Platysace lanceolata.jpg
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|genus = Platysace
|species = lanceolata
|authority = (Labill.) Druce{{cite web |title=Platysace lanceolata |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/81123 |publisher=Australian Plant Census |access-date=4 September 2021}}
|synonyms = {{collapsible list|
- Azorella lanceolata Labill.
- Fischera lanceolata (Labill.) Sm. nom. illeg.
- Siebera billardierei Benth.
- Siebera billardierei Benth. var. billardierei
- Siebera billardierei var. lanceolata (Labill.) Benth.
- Siebera lanceolata (Labill.) Druce
- Trachymene billardierei (Benth.) F.Muell.
- Trachymene billardierei (Benth.) F.Muell. var. billardierei
- Trachymene billardierei var. lanceolata (Labill.) Domin
- Trachymene billardierei var. lanceolata (Labill.) Maiden & Betche isonym
- Trachymene lanceolata (Labill.) Spreng.
- Trachymene lanceolata (Labill.) Spreng. var. lanceolata
- Trachymene lanceolata var. typica Domin nom. inval.
}}
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File:Novæ Hollandiæ plantarum specimen (Tab. 099) (8224172060).jpg from Labillardière's Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen{{cite book |last1=Labillardière |first1=Jacques |title=Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen |date=1805 |location=Paris |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40848310#page/210/mode/1up |access-date=5 September 2021}}]]
Platysace lanceolata, commonly known as shrubby platysace,{{cite web |last1=Powell |first1=J.M. |last2=Hastings |first2=S.M. |title=Platysace lanceolata |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Platysace~lanceolata |website=PlantNET-NSW flora online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney |access-date=4 September 2021}} is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is small, upright shrub with variable shaped leaves and white flowers.
Description
Platyscace lanceolata is an upright or widely spreading shrub to {{cvt|1.5|m}} with stems usually covered in short, soft hairs. The leaves are a dull green, narrow to broadly elliptic, occasionally more or less circular, arranged alternately, {{cvt|10-50|mm}} long and {{cvt|4-15|mm}} wide, smooth margins, base heart-shaped, and the apex pointed or rounded. The inflorescence has cream-white flowers in an umbel {{cvt|15-50|mm}} in diameter, bracts elliptic or linear in shape, {{cvt|2-7|mm}} long, and on a peduncle {{cvt|5-30|mm}} long. Flowering occurs from September to March and the fruit {{cvt|1.5-2|mm}} long, {{cvt|1.5-2.1|mm}} wide and warty.{{cite book |title=Wild Plants of Victoria (database)|year=2009 |publisher=Viridans Biological Databases & Department of Sustainability and Environment}}{{cite book |last1=Robinson |first1=Les |title=Field Guide to the native plants of Sydney |date=2003 |publisher=Kangaroo Press |location=Sydney |isbn=0731812115 |page=127 |edition=3}}
Taxonomy and naming
The species was first formally described by French naturalist Jacques Labillardière in 1805 in the first volume of Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen and given the name Azorella lanceolata. The species was transferred to the genus Platysace in 1917 by English botanist George Claridge Druce and the description was published in The Botanical Exchange Club and Society of the British Isles Report for 1916, Suppl.2{{APNI2|id=81123|name=Platysace lanceolata}}{{cite journal |last1=Druce |first1=George |title=Platysace lanceolata |journal=The Botanical Exchange Club and Society of the British Isles Report for 1916, Suppl. 2 |date=1916 |volume=2 |page=647 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/195177#page/719/mode/1up |access-date=5 September 2021}}
Distribution and habitat
References
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External links
- [https://avh.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Platysace+lanceolata#tab_mapView Platysace lanceolata Australasian Virtual Herbarium occurrence data]
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Category:Flora of the Australian Capital Territory
Category:Flora of New South Wales
Category:Flora of Victoria (state)