词条 | Eremophila platythamnos |
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}} Eremophila platythamnos, commonly known as desert foxglove, is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is an erect shrub with short, broad leaves and purple, mauve, blue or pink flowers. DescriptionEremophila platythamnos is an erect shrub which grows to a height of between {{convert|0.3 and 1.5|m|ft|sigfig=1|abbr=on}}. The branches are sometimes hairy and often sticky and shiny due to the presence of resin. The leaves are arranged alternately along the branches, lance shaped to egg-shaped or almost circular, {{convert|5-20|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} long, {{convert|2-11|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} wide, hairy or glabrous depending on subspecies and often sticky due to the presence of resin.[1][2][3]The flowers are usually borne singly or in pairs in leaf axils on a stalk {{convert|4-8|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} long. There are 5 overlapping, pink to purple, lance-shaped to broadly egg-shaped sepals which are {{convert|4-8.5|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} long but which enlarge after flowering to {{convert|6-14|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}}. The petals are {{convert|14-20|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} long and are joined at their lower end to form a tube. The petal tube is purple, mauve, blue or pink on the outside and white inside, hairy on the outside but the inside of the petal lobes is glabrous while the tube is filled with long, soft hairs. The 4 stamens are fully enclosed in the petal tube. Flowering occurs between April and November and is followed by fruits which are oblong in shape {{convert|5.3-6.5|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} long and have a hairy, papery covering.[1][2][3] Taxonomy and namingThe species was first formally described by Ludwig Diels in 1905 and the description was published in Botanische Jahrbucher fur Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie.[4][5] The specific epithet (platythamnos) is derived from the Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús) meaning “flat”, "broad" or "wide"[6]{{rp|474}} and θάμνος (thámnos) meaning "bush" or "shrub".[6]{{rp|174}} There are 3 subspecies:
Distribution and habitatSubspecies platythamnos occurs between Wiluna and Rawlinna in the Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison and Nullarbor biogeographical zones in Western Australia.[10] It also occurs in the Nullarbor region of South Australia. It usually grows on and between sand dunes.[1][3] Subspecies exotrachys in similar habitats to subspecies polythamnos and occurs from east of Wiluna[11] to desert areas of South Australia and the south-western part of the Northern Territory.[1] Subspecies villosa only occurs in South Australia on sandhills between Lake Gairdner and Lake Everard.[1] ConservationThe Western Australian subspecies of E .platythamnos are described as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.[12] Use in horticultureAll forms of this variable species have horticultural potential, but especially those with colourful sepals which contrast with the dark green leaves. As with E. abietina, it sometimes suffers from the activities of bees. E. platythamnos can be propagated from cuttings and prefers well-drained soils reflecting the deep sand in which it grows in nature. It only needs occasional watering during a long drought and mature plants are usually frost resistant.[13] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 {{cite book|last1=Chinnock|first1=R.J. (Bob)|title=Eremophila and allied genera : a monograph of the plant family Myoporaceae|date=2007|publisher=Rosenberg|location=Dural, NSW|isbn=9781877058165|pages=302–305|edition=1st}} 2. ^1 {{cite book|last1=Brown|first1=Andrew|last2=Buirchell|first2=Bevan|title=A field guide to the eremophilas of Western Australia|date=2011|publisher=Simon Nevill Publications|location=Hamilton Hill, W.A.|isbn=9780980348156|pages=222–223|edition=1st}} 3. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=Eremophila platythamnos|url=http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/speciesfacts_display.cgi?form=speciesfacts&family=&genus=Eremophila&species=platythamnos&iname=&submit=Display|publisher=State Herbarium of South Australia: eflora}} 4. ^1 {{cite web|title=Eremophila platythamnos|url= http://id.biodiversity.org.au/reference/apni/24235|publisher=APNI|accessdate=29 February 2016}} 5. ^{{cite journal|last1=Diels|first1=Ludwig|title=Botanische Jahrbucher fur Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie|journal=Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse|date=1905|volume=35|pages=539–540|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/660#page/603/mode/1up}} 6. ^1 {{cite book|last1=Brown|first1=Roland Wilbur|title=The Composition of Scientific Words|date=1956|publisher=Smithsonian Institution Press|location=Washington, D.C.}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=Eremophila platythamnos subsp. platythamnos|url= http://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/154818|publisher=APNI|accessdate=29 February 2016}} 8. ^{{cite web|title=Eremophila platythamnossubsp. exotrachys|url= http://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/207535|publisher=APNI|accessdate=29 February 2016}} 9. ^{{cite web|title=Eremophila platythamnossubsp. villosa|url= http://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/168938|publisher=APNI|accessdate=29 February 2016}} 10. ^{{FloraBase|name=Eremophila platythamnos subsp. platythamnos|id=15055}} 11. ^{{FloraBase|name=Eremophila platythamnos subsp. exotrachys|id=15054}} 12. ^{{FloraBase|name=Eremophila platythamnos|id=7254}} 13. ^{{cite book|last1=Boschen|first1=Norma|last2=Goods|first2=Maree|last3=Wait|first3=Russell|title=Australia's eremophilas : changing gardens for a changing climate|date=2008|publisher=Bloomings Books|location=Melbourne|isbn=9781876473655|pages=145–146}} External links
6 : Eudicots of Western Australia|Eremophila (plant)|Flora of the Northern Territory|Flora of South Australia|Flora of Western Australia|Plants described in 1905 |
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