Siegfriedia
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| genus = Siegfriedia
| parent_authority = C.A.Gardner
| species = darwinioides
| authority = C.A.Gardner{{cite web |title=Siegfriedia darwinioides |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/75572 |publisher=Australian Plant Census |access-date=2 January 2024}}
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Siegfriedia is a monotypic genus flowering plant belonging to the family Rhamnaceae. It is a small plant with smooth leaves leaves and bell-shaped flowers. The only species is Siegfriedia darwinioides, it is endemic to Western Australia.
Description
Siegfriedia darwinioides is a multi-stemmed, upright, spreading shrub {{cvt|0.2-1|m}} high with yellowish-cream to orange pendulous flowers. The branches are smooth, bark purple-brown, smaller branches have a whitish down. The leaves are arranged opposite, oblong-shaped, apex pointed, base almost heart-shaped, margins rolled, upper surface veined and smooth, lower surface densely covered in short matted hairs. Flowering occurs from April to August and the fruit is a schizocarp with three segments.{{cite journal |last1=Gardner |first1=C.A. |title=Siegfriedia darwinioides |journal=Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia |date=1933 |volume=19 |page=85 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/148599#page/121/mode/1up |access-date=14 January 2024}}{{cite web |title=Siegfriedia darwinioides |url=https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/in-focus/60fe2b6fc6312f003beb2378 |website=Plant of the Month-Florabase |publisher=Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions |access-date=14 January 2024}}{{cite journal |last1=Gardner |first1=G.A. |title=Siegfried darwinioides |journal=Nuytsia |date=1915 |volume=11 |issue=1 |page=116 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53381834#page/121/mode/1up |access-date=24 January 2024}}
Taxonomy and naming
Siegfriedia darwinioides was first formally described in 1933 by C.A.Gardner and the description was published in Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia.{{cite web |title=Siegfriedia darwinioides |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/instance/apni/488690 |publisher=Australian Plant Name Index |access-date=24 January 2024}} The specific epithet (darwinioides) means like Darwinia.{{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=182|edition=4th}}
Distribution and habitat
Siegfriedia darwinioides grows from the Stirling Ranges to Esperance on sandy, clay or loam soils.
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