Commersonia craurophylla

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Commersonia craurophylla
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Commersonia
Species:
C. craurophylla
Binomial name
Commersonia craurophylla
Synonyms[3]
List
  • Restiaria craurophylla (F.Muell.) Kuntze
  • Rulingia coacta S.Moore
  • Rulingia craurophylla F.Muell.
  • Rulingia tratmannii C.R.P.Andrews

Commersonia craurophylla (common name brittle leaved rulingia)[4] is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and endemic to Australia.[3] It is a hairy-stemmed shrub. The leaves have entire margins, and are covered in both simple and stellate hairs.[4]

Taxonomy[]

Commersonia craurophylla was first formally described as Rulingia craurophylla in 1875 by Ferdinand von Mueller,[1][5] but in 1882 he transferred it to the genus, Commersonia.[1][2]

Distribution and habitat[]

This species is found in Western Australia,[3] in Beard's Eremaean and South-West Provinces,[4] and in South Australia.[6]


References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Commersonia craurophylla". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. ^ a b Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882). Systematic Census of Australian Plants. p. 16.
  3. ^ a b c "Commersonia craurophylla (F.Muell.) F.Muell. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "Commersonia craurophylla". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. Edit this at Wikidata
  5. ^ Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875). "Sterculiaceae". Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. 9 (75): 59.
  6. ^ "Fact sheet for Rulingia craurophylla". www.flora.sa.gov.au. Retrieved 4 January 2021.

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