Commersonia corniculata

Commersonia corniculata is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and endemic to Western Australia.[3] It is a hairy-stemmed shrub. The leaves are irregularly or tripartitely lobed, and are covered in both simple and stellate hairs.[4]

Commersonia corniculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Commersonia
Species:
C. corniculata
Binomial name
Commersonia corniculata
Synonyms[3]

Taxonomy

Commersonia corniculata was first formally described as Lasiopetalum corniculatum in 1822 by the English botanist James Edward Smith, from material gathered at King George Sound by Archibald Menzies.[1][5] In 2018 Kelly Anne Shepherd and Carolyn Wilkins examined the material and determined that it matched the later described species, Commersonia cygnorum (described by Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel in 1845).[6] Since Lasiopetalum corniculatum is the first legitimate description of the plant, the name needed to be changed to Commersonia corniculata.[2]

Distribution and habitat

This species is found in Western Australia,[3] in Beard's South-West Province.[4]

References
  1. "Commersonia corniculata". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. Shepherd, K.A.; Wilkins, C.F. (22 March 2018). "Commersonia corniculata (Malvaceae), a new name for C. cygnorum" (PDF). Nuytsia. 29: 67–68. ISSN 0085-4417. Wikidata Q97898067.
  3. "Commersonia corniculata (Sm.) K.A.Sheph. & C.F.Wilkins | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  4. "Commersonia corniculata". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  5. Smith, J.E (1822). Rees, A. (ed.). "Lasiopetalum". The Cyclopaedia. 20.
  6. Steudel, E.G. von (1845). Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.). "Buttneriaceae". Plantae Preissianae. 1 (2): 237.
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