Maireana amoena
| Maireana amoena | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Maireana |
| Species: | M. amoena
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| Binomial name | |
| Maireana amoena | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Kochia amoena Diels | |
Maireana amoena is a species of flowering plant in the family Chenopodiaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a small, brittle shrub with fleshy, spherical, oval or terete leaves, pairs of male and female flowers, and a hemispherical utricle with a short tube and horizontal wings.
Description
Maireana amoena is a small, brittle shrub that typically grows to 10–40 cm (3.9–15.7 in) high, its young branchlets covered with woolly hairs. The leaves are succulent, spherical, oval or terete, 5–15 mm (0.20–0.59 in) long and glabrous or covered with silky hairs. The flowers are white and arranged in pairs of male and female flowers, densely covered with short hairs. The fruiting perianth is mostly glabrous with a short tube with a horizontal, fan-shaped wing 1.5–3 mm (0.059–0.118 in) long.[2][3]
Taxonomy
This species was first formally described in 1904 by Ludwig Diels who gave it the name Kochia amoena in Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie.[4][5] In 1975, Paul Graham Wilson transferred the species to Maireana as M. amoena in the journal Nuytsia.[3][6] The specific epithet (amoena) means 'charming' or 'showy'.[7]
Distribution and habitat
This species of Maireana is widespread in Western Australia where it usually grows on sandy rises near salt lakes from near Carnarvon to near Norseman.[2][8]
References
- ^ a b "Maireana amoena". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ a b Wilson, Paul G. "Maireana amoena". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ a b Wilson, Paul G. (1975). "A Taxonomic Revision of the genus Maireana (Chenopodiaceae)". Nuytsia. 2 (1): 21. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ "Kochia amoena". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ Diels, Ludwig (1904). Pritzel, Ernst Georg (ed.). "Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse". Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie. 35 (2–3): 183. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- ^ "Maireana amoena". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- ^ George, Alex; Sharr, Francis (2021). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 131. ISBN 9780958034180.
- ^ "Maireana amoena". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.