Commersonia corniculata

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Commersonia corniculata
Commersonia cygnorum - Flickr - Kevin Thiele.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Commersonia
Species:
C. corniculata
Binomial name
Commersonia corniculata
(Sm.) K.A.Sheph. & C.F.Wilkins[1][2]
Synonyms[3]
List
  • Commersonia cygnorum Steud.
  • Lasiopetalum corniculatum Sm.
  • Restiaria cygnorum (Steud.) Kuntze
  • Rulingia cygnorum (Steud.) C.A.Gardner
  • Rulingia malvifolia Steetz

Commersonia corniculata is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and endemic to Western Australia.[3] It is a hairy-stemmed shrub. The leaves are irregularly or tripartitely lobed, and are covered in both simple and stellate hairs.[4]

Taxonomy[]

Commersonia corniculata was first formally described as Lasiopetalum corniculatum in 1822 by the English botanist James Edward Smith, from material gathered at King George Sound by Archibald Menzies.[1][5] In 2018 Kelly Anne Shepherd and Carolyn Wilkins examined the material and determined that it matched the later described species, Commersonia cygnorum (described by Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel in 1845).[6] Since Lasiopetalum corniculatum is the first legitimate description of the plant, the name needed to be changed to Commersonia corniculata.[2]

Distribution and habitat[]

This species is found in Western Australia,[3] in Beard's South-West Province.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Commersonia corniculata". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. ^ a b Shepherd, K.A.; Wilkins, C.F. (22 March 2018). "Commersonia corniculata (Malvaceae), a new name for C. cygnorum" (PDF). Nuytsia. 29: 67–68. ISSN 0085-4417. Wikidata Q97898067. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "Commersonia corniculata (Sm.) K.A.Sheph. & C.F.Wilkins | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Commersonia corniculata". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  5. ^ Smith, J.E (1822). Rees, A. (ed.). "Lasiopetalum". The Cyclopaedia. 20.
  6. ^ Steudel, E.G. von (1845). Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.). "Buttneriaceae". Plantae Preissianae. 1 (2): 237.

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