Bauera microphylla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Cunoniaceae
Genus: Bauera
Species:
B. microphylla
Binomial name
Bauera microphylla
Synonyms[1]

Bauera microphylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Cunoniaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is a small shrub with trifoliate, sometimes toothed leaves, and usually white, pedicellate flowers.

Description

Bauera microphylla is a trailing shrub that typically grows to a height of 30 cm (12 in) and has a many spreading branches. The leaves are trifoliate, the leaflets mostly 2–9 mm (0.079–0.354 in) long, 1.0–2.5 mm (0.039–0.098 in) wide and sometimes have two to six teeth on each edge. The flowers are borne on pedicels more than 5 mm (0.20 in) long and have five to seven toothed sepals 3–6 mm (0.12–0.24 in) long, five to seven usually white petals 3–6 mm (0.12–0.24 in) long, and ten to thirty cream-coloured stamens. Flowering occurs in spring and summer.[2][3][4]

Taxonomy

Bauera microphylla was first formally described in 1830 by David Don in the Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, from specimens collected by George Caley.[5][6] The specific epithet (microphylla) means "small leaves".[3]

Distribution and habitat

This species of Bauera mostly grows in near-coastal heath north from Wollongong in New South Wales.[2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Bauera microphylla". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Bauera microphylla". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 Robinson, Les (1991). Field guide to the native plants of Sydney. Kenthurst, NSW: Kangaroo Press. p. 156. ISBN 0864171927.
  4. ↑ Wood, Betty. "Bauera microphylla". Lucid keys. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  5. ↑ "Bauera microphylla". APNI. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  6. ↑ Don, David (1830). "A monograph of the family of plants called Cunoniaceae". Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal. 9: 96. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
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