Levenhookia chippendalei

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Levenhookia chippendalei
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Stylidiaceae
Genus: Levenhookia
Section: L. sect. Coleostylis
Species:
L. chippendalei
Binomial name
Levenhookia chippendalei

Levenhookia chippendalei is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Levenhookia (family Stylidiaceae). It is named after its discoverer, George Chippendale, founder of the . It grows from 8–18 centimetres (3.1–7.1 in) tall with oblanceolate leaves near the base of the plant. The few leaves this species produces are generally 2 millimetres (0.079 in) long. The inflorescences are racemose. Flowers are pink with 4–5 millimetres (0.16–0.20 in) long petals. The sensitive labellum is hood-like and dark red with yellow appendages. L. chippendalei is most closely related to L. preissii but differs in flower morphology. It shares a similar floral arrangement with Levenhookia stipitata.[1]

L. chippendalei is the only species in the genus to be recorded from the Northern Territory.[1] It has also been recorded from many locations in Western Australia and given a status of "not threatened" by FloraBase because of that wide abundance.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Erickson, R. and Willis, J.H. (1966). Some additions to Australian Stylidiaceae. Victorian Naturalist, 83: 107-112.
  2. ^ Paczkowska, Grazyna. (1996). Levenhookia chippendalei F.L.Erickson & J.H.Willis. FloraBase, Western Australian Herbarium, Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia. Accessed online: 11 August 2007.


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