Glischrocaryon flavescens

Glischrocaryon flavescens is a perennial herb with woody roots that occurs in southern and western Australia.

Glischrocaryon flavescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Haloragaceae
Genus: Glischrocaryon
Species:
G. flavescens
Binomial name
Glischrocaryon flavescens
(J.Drumm.) Orchard[1]

Taxonomy

The species was first described by James Drummond,

I also met with a very handsome Loudonia, which I call L. flavescens; it is a much larger plant than L. aurea (Lindl.), and throws up numerous flower-stalks to the height of five or six feet, with sulphur-coloured flowers; but the seed-vessels are almost white. It grew in a spot which appears to have been formely a lake. L. aurea scarcely produces any mature seed. L. fiavescens perfects seeds in abundance.[2]

The current combination, Glischrocaryon flavescens, was the result of a revision by Anthony Edward Orchard in 1970,[3] published in the journal Taxon.[1]

Description

A robust and tufted perennial herbaceous plant with creamy yellow inflorescence at long scapes that appears in February or between August and December. Grows to a height between 0.3 and 1.5 metres. Occurs in clay in sandy soil, but often stony; preferred habitat is plains and rocky hills.[4]

Distribution

The species is recorded in the plant censuses of South Australia and Western Australia, with occurrence becoming infrequent to the north and arid centre of Australia.[5] Records in Western Australia are at the southwest and eremaean botanical provinces.[4]

Ecology

The plant attracts moyadong, the parrot species Platycercus icterotis.[6]

References
  1. "Glischrocaryon flavescens (J.Drumm.) Orchard". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2009-11-04.
  2. Drummond, J. in Hooker, W.J. (1842), Further botanical intelligence from Swan River. London Journal of Botany 1 396
  3. Orchard, A.E. (1970), Glischrocaryon: The Correct Name for Loudonia (Haloragaceae). Taxon 19: 824
  4. "Glischrocaryon flavescens". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  5. "Glischrocaryon flavescens". bie.ala.org.au. Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  6. Johnstone, R.E.; Storr, G.M. (1998). Taylor, Deborah (ed.). Handbook of Western Australian birds. v.1 — non passerines. Perth: Western Australian Museum. ISBN 978-0730712084.
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