| Desert hop-bush | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Genus: | Dodonaea |
| Species: | D. stenozyga |
| Binomial name | |
| Dodonaea stenozyga F.Muell. | |
Dodonaea stenozyga, commonly known as desert hop-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapindaceae and grows in southern parts of Australia. It is a small, upright shrub with small clusters of flowers and linear leaves.
Description
Dodonaea stenozyga is an upright, rounded shrub to 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) high with paripinnate leaves 1–3.8 cm (0.39–1.50 in) long, leaflets linear, rounded at the apex, sometimes recurved, entire, 2-6 leaflets, 8–13.5 mm (0.31–0.53 in) long and on a petiole 9.5–20 mm (0.37–0.79 in) long. The flowers are usually in pairs or in a group of 3, pedicel 4–8.5 mm (0.16–0.33 in) long, 4 oval-shaped sepals, 1.5–3.2 mm (0.059–0.126 in) long and falling off early. Flowering has been recorded in September and the fruit is a 4 winged capsule, wings 3–6.5 mm (0.12–0.26 in) wide, leathery, capsule broadly elliptic to broadly egg-shaped, smooth, 8.5–14.5 mm (0.33–0.57 in) long and 10–17 mm (0.39–0.67 in) wide.
Taxonomy
Dodonaea stenozyga was first formally described in 1859 by Ferdinand von Mueller and the description was published in Brunonia. The specific epithet (stenozyga) means "joined" in reference to the pinnate leaves.
Distribution and habitat
Desert hop-bush grows in semi-arid locations in mallee scrub or open woodland in Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales and Western Australia.
References
- "Dodonaea stenozyga". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
- "Dodonaea stenozyga". eFloraSA-Electronic Flora of South Australia. State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
- ^ George, A.S (1987). Flora of Australia 25 (PDF). Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. p. 143.
- "Dodonaea subglandulifera" (PDF). eFloraSA-Electronic Flora of South Australia. State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
- ^ "Dodonaea stenozyga". FloraBase-Flora of Western Australia. Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- "Dodonaea subglandulifera". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- West, Judith (1984). "Dodonaea stenozyga". Brunonia. 7 (1): 105. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- George, A.S; Sharr, F.A (2021). Western Australian Plant Names and their meanings (4th ed.). Kardinya: Four Gables. p. 323. ISBN 9780958034197.