Trymalium ledifolium

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|genus = Trymalium

|species = ledifolium

|authority = Fenzl{{Florabase|id=4842|name=Trymalium ledifolium}}

|synonyms =Cryptandra anomala Steud.

Cryptandra floribunda Steud.

Cryptandra glaucophylla Steud.

Cryptandra ledifolia (Fenzl) F.Muell.

Pomaderris rosmarinifolia Steud.

Trymalium rosmarinifolium Reissek

Trymalium vaccinioides Suess.

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Trymalium ledifolium, sometimes called Star Buckthorn, is a plant species in the Rhamnaceae family, found in the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub which grows from 0.3 to 2.5 m high, and grows on clay, gravel, loam and sand, on granite, limestone and laterite and on outcrops and dunes. Flowering from June to November, the flowers are a white-cream.

Taxonomy

This species was first described in 1837 by Eduard Fenzl.{{APNI2|id=104070|name=Trymalium ledifolium}}{{cite book |author=Fenzl, E. |editor= Endlicher, S. F. L. |editor2=Fenzl, E. |editor3=Bentham, G. |editor4=Schott, H. W. |date=1837 |chapter= Rhamneae |title=Enumeratio plantarum quas in Novae Hollandiae ora austro-occidentali ad fluvium Cygnorum et in Sinu Regis Georgii collegit Carolus liber baro de Hügel |page= 24}}

Three varieties are recognised:

  • Trymalium ledifolium Fenzl var. ledifolium{{Florabase|id=11665|name=Trymalium ledifolium Fenzl var. ledifolium}}
  • Trymalium ledifolium var. lineare{{FloraBase|id=15144|name=Trymalium ledifolium var. lineare Rye}}
  • Trymalium ledifolium var. rosmarinifolium (Steud.) Benth.{{Florabase|id=13479|name=Trymalium ledifolium var. rosmarinifolium (Steud.) Benth.}}

Conservation status

It is deemed to be "Not threatened" under Western Australian conservation laws.

References

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{{cite journal |last1=Kellermann |first1=Jürgen |last2=Rye |first2=Barbara L. |last3=Thiele |first3=Kevin R. |title=Nomenclatural Notes, Typifications and Name Changes in Trymalium (Rhamnaceae: Pomaderreae) |journal=Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia |date=January 2008 |volume=132 |issue=1 |pages=18–28 |doi=10.1080/03721426.2008.10887089 |url=https://hekyll.services.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/handle/2440/87261 |language=en |issn=0372-1426}}{{cite web |author=Ticli, K. |date=2019 |title=Trymalium ledifolium Fenzl |publisher= Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment|location= Canberra|url= https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Trymalium%20ledifolium |access-date= 11 April 2020}}

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Category:Endemic flora of Western Australia

Category:Rhamnaceae

Category:Plants described in 1837

Category:Taxa named by Eduard Fenzl