Trachymene ochracea

Trachymene ochracea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Araliaceae
Genus:	Trachymene
Species:	T. ochracea
Binomial name
	Trachymene ochracea; L.A.S.Johnson

Trachymene ochracea (common names white parsnip, wild parsnip, yellow parsnip) is a herb in the family Araliaceae.^[3] It is native to Australia and found in New South Wales and Queensland.^[3]

Description[]

Trachymene ochracea is an erect herb growing up to 75 centimetres (30 in) high. The leaves are consist of 3-5 deeply dissected lobes on stalks (petioles) up to 10 cm long. The inflorescences are umbels borne on dichasial cymes. The umbels have 30 to 60 flowers, are from 7 mm to 18 mm in diameter on stalks (peduncles) which are 3 to 8 cm long and are glandular-hairy near the stalk base. The flowers are bisexual, with white petals (pink in bud). The ovary has two locules.^[3]

The plant is prolific after rain, growing in mulga and mallee communities on red earths and on sand.^[3]

Taxonomy[]

Trachymene ochracea was first described by Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson in 1962, from a specimen collected west of the Paroo River, in New South Wales, near Hungerford by J.L. Boorman in October 1912 (NSW 54006).^[1]^[2]

Etymology[]

The species epithet, ochracea, is the Latin adjective, ochraceus,-a,-um which means "ovhre-yellow" or "yellowish-brown".^[4]

Gallery[]

Fruit
leaves
plant
flower head

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Trachymene ochracea". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
^ ^a ^b Johnson, L.A.S. (1962). Anderson, R.H. (ed.). "Taxonomic notes on Australian plants". Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium. 3 (3): 101.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Hart, J.M. (2002). "PlantNET - FloraOnline: Trachymene ochracea". plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
^ Stearn, W.T. Botanical Latin (4 ed.). Oregon: Timber Press. p. 455. ISBN 9780881926279.

External links[]

Trachymene ochracea occurrence data from The Australasian Virtual Herbarium

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[apni-1] "Trachymene ochracea". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.

[johnson-2] Johnson, L.A.S. (1962). Anderson, R.H. (ed.). "Taxonomic notes on Australian plants". Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium. 3 (3): 101.

[plantnet-3] Hart, J.M. (2002). "PlantNET - FloraOnline: Trachymene ochracea". plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 3 July 2020.

[stearn-4] Stearn, W.T. Botanical Latin (4 ed.). Oregon: Timber Press. p. 455. ISBN 9780881926279.

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