Dodonaea peduncularis
| Dodonaea peduncularis | |
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| Near the crossing of the Nogoa River on the Dawson Developmental Road. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Genus: | Dodonaea |
| Species: | D. peduncularis
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| Binomial name | |
| Dodonaea peduncularis | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Dodonaea peduncularis is a species of plant in the family Sapindaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a spreading dioecious shrub with simple, sessile egg-shaped to lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, flowers arranged singly or in cymes, the flowers usually with four sepals and eight stamens, and capsules with four wings.
Description
Dodonaea peduncularis is a spreading dioecious shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 2 m (6 ft 7 in). Its leaves are simple, sessile, egg-shaped to lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 5–18 mm (0.20–0.71 in) long, 2–5 mm (0.079–0.197 in) long and concave on the upper surface, with three or four teeth on the end. The flowers are arranged singly or in few-flowered cymes on pedicels usually 2.5–7.5 mm (0.098–0.295 in) long, with four lance-shaped to egg-shaped sepals, 1.3–2.4 mm (0.051–0.094 in) long, and usually eight stamens. The ovary is glabrous. The fruit is a four-winged, broadly oblong capsule 7–12.5 mm (0.28–0.49 in) long and 8–12.5 mm (0.31–0.49 in) wide and glabrous with membranous wings 2–3.5 mm (0.079–0.138 in) wide.[2][3]
Taxonomy
Dodonaea peduncularis was first formally described in 1848 by John Lindley in Thomas Mitchell's Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia.[4][5] The specific epithet (peduncularis) means 'pedunculate'.[6]
Distribution and habitat
This species of Dodonaea grows in semi-arid, undulating or flat country in open woodland and hummock grassland in sandy soil, from Charters Towers and southern Queensland and the western slopes and tablelands of New South Wales.[2][3]
Conservation status
Dodonaea peduncularis is listed as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.[7]
References
- ^ a b "Dodonaea peduncularis". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
- ^ a b West, Judith G. Busby, John R. (ed.). "Dodonaea peduncularis". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ^ a b Wilson, Paul G. "Dodonaea peduncularis". Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ^ "Dodonaea peduncularis". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
- ^ Lindley, John (1848). Mitchell, Thomas (ed.). Journal of an expedition into the interior of tropical Australia, in search of a route from Sydney to the Gulf of Carpentaria. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. p. 361. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
- ^ Stearn, William T. (1992). Botanical Latin. Oregon: Timber Press. p. 273.
- ^ "Species profile—Dodonaea peduncularis". Queensland Government, Department of Education and Science. Retrieved 18 May 2025.