Hibbertia subvaginata

Hibbertia subvaginata is a small shrub that is endemic to Western Australia.[1]

Hibbertia subvaginata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Dilleniales
Family: Dilleniaceae
Genus: Hibbertia
Species:
H. subvaginata
Binomial name
Hibbertia subvaginata
Synonyms

Candollea subvaginata Steud.
Hibbertia glaberrima Gilg
Hibbertia polygonoides F.Muell.

Description

Hibbertia subvaginata is an erect shrub, which is occasionally a spreading straggling shrub, which grows to heights from 0.15 to 1.2 meters. Its yellow flowers may be seen from July to December.[3]

Distribution and habitat

Hibbertia subvaginata is found in the IBRA Regions of the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, the Geraldton Sandplains, the Jarrah Forest, the Swan Coastal Plain, and Warren. It grows on sand, granite, laterite, on sandplains, sand dunes, floodplains, and outcrops.[3]

Taxonomy

This plant was first described and named by Steudel in 1845 as Candollea subvaginata,[1][4] and was allocated to the genus, Hibbertia, by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1880.[1][2] The specific epithet, subvaginata, derives from the Latin, sub-, ("somewhat" or "not completely") and vaginata ("sheathed") to give a Botanical Latin compound adjective meaning "somewhat sheathed", which describes the plant's flowers.[5] (See image).

References
  1. "Hibbertia subvaginata". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. Mueller, F.J.H. von (1880). "Hibbertia subvaginata". Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. 11 (92): 95.
  3. "Hibbertia subvaginata". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  4. Steudel, E.G. von (1845). Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.). "Dilleniaceae". Plantae Preissianae. 1 (2): 275.
  5. Stearn, W.T. (2004). Botanical Latin (4 ed.). Timber Press, Oregon. pp. 507, 522. ISBN 9780881926279.
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