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(Redirected from Brachyscias verecundus) Genus of flowering plants

Brachyscias
Conservation status
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Critically endangered  (EPBC Act)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Brachyscias
J.M.Hart & Henwood
Species: B. verecundus
Binomial name
Brachyscias verecundus
J.M.Hart & Henwood

Brachyscias is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae. Its only species is Brachyscias verecundus (common name - ironstone brachyscias), described in 1999, from Southwest Australia.

Conservation status

It is listed as critically endangered under the Australian government's Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, due to there being just one confirmed population and extreme fluctuations in the number of mature individuals, together with a continuing decline in the habitat quality. Threats include "firebreak maintenance activities, lack of appropriate disturbance, inappropriate fire regimes, mineral exploration, hydrological changes, weed invasion and rabbits".

References

  1. ^ Department of the Environment (2020). "Species Profile and Threats Database: Brachyscias verecundus — Ironstone Brachyscias". www.environment.gov.au/sprat. Canberra: Department of the Environment. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  2. Hart, J.M.; Henwood, M.J. (1999). "Brachyscias (Apiaceae): a new genus from south-west Western Australia". Australian Systematic Botany. 12 (2): 175–179. doi:10.1071/SB98002.
  3. Luu, Robyn; English, Val (2004). "INTERIM RECOVERY PLAN NO. 174 IRONSTONE BRACHYSCIAS (BRACHYSCIAS VERECUNDUS) INTERIM RECOVERY PLAN 2004-2009" (PDF). Wanneroo: Department of Conservation and Land Management, Western Australian Threatened Species and Communities Unit. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
Taxon identifiers
Brachyscias
Brachyscias verecundus


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