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Dodonaea amblyophylla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Dodonaea
Species: D. amblyophylla
Binomial name
Dodonaea amblyophylla
Diels

Dodonaea amblyophylla is a species of plant in the family Sapindaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with simple, linear leaves, flowers in groups of four to six, usually with eight stamens, and capsules with three wings.

Description

Dodonaea amblyophylla is usually a diocious, erect shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 2 m (6 ft 7 in). The leaves are simple, linear to oblong, 22–45 mm (0.87–1.77 in) long, 4–10 mm (0.16–0.39 in) wide and glabrous. The flowers are borne in cymes in leaf axils or on the ends of branches, each flower on a pedicel 4.0–7.5 mm (0.16–0.30 in) long, with four linear to lance-shaped sepals 1.6–2.0 mm (0.063–0.079 in) long, but that fall off as the flowers open. There are usually eight stamens and a glabrous ovary. Flowering occurs from January to March and the fruit is a three-winged, broadly oblong or egg-shaped capsule 7.5–12 mm (0.30–0.47 in) long and 7–17 mm (0.28–0.67 in) wide, with membranous wings 1–4 mm (0.039–0.157 in) wide.

Taxonomy and naming

Dodonaea amblyophylla was first formally described in 1904 by Ludwig Diels in the journal Botanische Jahrbücher fur Systematik. The specific epithet (amblyophylla) means 'blunt-leaved'.

Distribution and habitat

This species of Dodonaea grows in semi-arid to arid mallee scrub, in sandy soils, between Menzies to Corrigin, and south to the south coast and east to Madura.

References

  1. "Dodonaea amblyophylla". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  2. ^ West, Judith Gay. Busby, John R. (ed.). "Dodonaea amblyophylla". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Dodonaea amblyophylla". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  4. "Dodonaea amblyophylla". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  5. Diels, Ludwig (1904). Pritzel, Ernst G. (ed.). "Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse". Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie. 35 (2–3): 345–346. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  6. George, Alex; Sharr, Francis (2021). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 131. ISBN 9780958034180.
Taxon identifiers
Dodonaea amblyophylla
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