Haemodorum spicatum
| Haemodorum spicatum | |
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| Iconographia generum plantarum (Endlicher) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Commelinales |
| Family: | Haemodoraceae |
| Genus: | Haemodorum |
| Species: | H. spicatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Haemodorum spicatum | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Haemodorum edule Lehm. ex Endl. | |
Haemodorum spicatum is a plant in the Haemodoraceae family native to south Western Australia.[1]
Description[]
The leaves are terete or elliptical and 12-59 cm long and 1-5 mm wide. There are no bristles or hairs on the leaf margin, nor on the surface of the leaf, which is smooth. The flower scape is smooth and 65-77.5 cm long. The inflorescence is subtended by a bract 25-45 mm long, and has several flowers on stems 2-2.5 mm long. The flowers are 11-14 mm long with a smooth, radially symmetrical perianth which is uniformly coloured, yellow, red or reddish-brown to purple, black, brown or yellowish brown, with three clear inner and three outer tepals. There are three stamens on a single level. The filaments are 1-1.2 mm long with anthers 2-2.7 mm long, and not having an appendage. The style is 10-12 mm long. It flowers in October, November, December or January.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Florabase: Haemodorum spicatum". Western Australian Herbarium (1998–). FloraBase—the Western Australian Flora. Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
- ^ Brown, R. (1810) Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 300
- ^ Govaerts, R. et. al. (2018) Plants of the world online: Haemodorum spicatum. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Haemodorum
- Angiosperms of Western Australia
- Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)
- Plants described in 1810