Trymalium ledifolium
Trymalium ledifolium var. ledifolium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rhamnaceae
Genus: Trymalium
Species:
T. ledifolium
Binomial name
Trymalium ledifolium
Synonyms[2]

Cryptandra anomala Steud.
Cryptandra floribunda Steud.
Cryptandra glaucophylla Steud.
Cryptandra ledifolia (Fenzl) F.Muell.
Pomaderris rosmarinifolia Steud.
Trymalium rosmarinifolium Reissek
Trymalium vaccinioides Suess.

Trymalium ledifolium var. rosmarinifolium

Trymalium ledifolium, sometimes called Star Buckthorn, is a plant species in the Rhamnaceae family, found in the south-west of Western Australia.[1] It is a shrub which grows from 0.3 to 2.5 m high, and grows on clay, gravel, loam and sand, on granite, limestone and laterite and on outcrops and dunes. Flowering from June to November, the flowers are a white-cream.[1]

Taxonomy

This species was first described in 1837 by Eduard Fenzl.[3][4]

Three varieties are recognised:[5]

  • Trymalium ledifolium Fenzl var. ledifolium[6]
  • Trymalium ledifolium var. lineare[7]
  • Trymalium ledifolium var. rosmarinifolium (Steud.) Benth.[8]

Conservation status

It is deemed to be "Not threatened" under Western Australian conservation laws.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Trymalium ledifolium". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  2. ↑ "Trymalium ledifolium Fenzl". Plants of the World Online. Kew Science. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "Trymalium ledifolium". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  4. ↑ Fenzl, E. (1837). "Rhamneae". In Endlicher, S. F. L.; Fenzl, E.; Bentham, G.; Schott, H. W. (eds.). Enumeratio plantarum quas in Novae Hollandiae ora austro-occidentali ad fluvium Cygnorum et in Sinu Regis Georgii collegit Carolus liber baro de Hügel. p. 24.
  5. ↑ Ticli, K. (2019). "Trymalium ledifolium Fenzl". Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "Trymalium ledifolium Fenzl var. ledifolium". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  7. ↑ "Trymalium ledifolium var. lineare Rye". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  8. ↑ "Trymalium ledifolium var. rosmarinifolium (Steud.) Benth". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
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