• This species was first formally described by Australian taxonomic botanist Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson in 1962 and the description was published in Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium. (wikipedia.org)
  • Hakea pulvinifera is classified as "endangered" by the Australian Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and the New South Wales Government Threatened Species Conservation Act and a recovery plan has been prepared. (wikipedia.org)
  • Hakea pulvinifera L. Johnson (Proteaceae): A rediscovered species under threat" (PDF). (wikipedia.org)
  • Proteaceae leaf fossils from the Oligo-Miocene of New Zealand: new species and evidence of biome and trait conservatism. (wikimedia.org)
  • Hakea chromatropa (Proteaceae: Grevilleoideae), an apparently rare new species from Western Australia. (wa.gov.au)
  • Examination of material from throughout the species' range shows that most of the currently recognised informal morphotypes comprise a single, variable species which cannot be adequately divided into taxa. (wa.gov.au)
  • It is thought to be a hybrid between the Grevillea alpina type form from the Black Range in Victoria, and the G. lavandulacea - Tanunda form (a South-Australian species). (austplants.com.au)
  • NSW currently has about 85 species although with a lot of subspecies and some informal taxa recognised. (austplants.com.au)
  • A familiar concept in ecology is the species-richness of any given community - technically called 'alpha-diversity' ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_diversity ). (inaturalist.org)
  • On well-drained lithified dunes just inland from the littoral zone, the mallee vegetation consists of Eucalyptus angulosa ( https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/208143-Eucalyptus-angulosa ), Eucalyptus falcata, Melaleuca pentagona ( https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1255442-Melaleuca-pentagona ) and only a few other species. (inaturalist.org)
  • We compared patterns of gene expression in leaves among 10 Leucadendron species across the genus. (bvsalud.org)
  • There are several Banksia species in New Zealand, B. integrifolia can be identified by the yellow-greenish yellow inflorescences and the obovate leaves 4 … Height: up to: 10m but more commonly smaller. (intaninvest.net)
  • Taxon name on voucher: Grevillea banksii R.Br. (hear.org)
  • Petrophile , conebushes, is an Australian genus of erect shrubs with deeply divided, often spiny leaves and cone-like inflorescences. (fieldofscience.com)
  • Eucalypts (Eucalyptus, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus ) growing naturally in the form of shrubs are the characteristic plants over large areas of southwestern Australia, under a temperate climate with rainfall mainly in winter. (inaturalist.org)
  • Here, mallee shrubs of Eucalyptus pleurocarpa ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus_pleurocarpa and https://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/entities/eucalyptus_pleurocarpa.htm ) form an upper stratum over a knee-high heathy stratum. (inaturalist.org)
  • The shrubs in question are typically knee-high, and all have rhizal adaptations - ranging from cluster roots ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_root ) to ectotrophic mycorrhizae ( https://mycorrhizas.info/info.html ), and from rhizobial to actinorhizal ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankia ) nodules for fixation of atmospheric nitrogen. (inaturalist.org)
  • The recently described and critically endangered Banksia vincentia is morphologically similar to the hairpin banksia complex (B. spinulosa s.l.), a group of eastern Australian flowering shrubs whose continuum of morphological diversity has been responsible for taxonomic controversy and possibly questionable conservation initiatives. (bvsalud.org)
  • Hakea pulvinifera is a small, prickly shrub in the family Proteaceae, found only on one rocky hillside near Gunnedah in New South Wales, Australia. (wikipedia.org)
  • Taxon Profile of Hakea Schrad. (wa.gov.au)
  • Telopea speciosissima, commonly known as the New South Wales waratah or simply waratah, is a large shrub in the plant family Proteaceae. (tiborsaghy.com)
  • Telopea, or Waratah are bird attracting Australian Natives that grow best in semi-shade but will cope in full sun in a cooler climate. (tiborsaghy.com)
  • Embothrium had been a wastebasket taxon at the time, and Robert Brownsuggested th… Shady Lady Red' Hybride von Telopea speciosissima mit Telopea oreades. (tiborsaghy.com)
  • Telopea speciosissima, the New South Wales waratah, is an Australian endemic woody shrub in the family Proteaceae. (bvsalud.org)
  • 1810) is an erect, ramified evergreen shrub, 1-4 m tall, with spirally arranged leaves cuneate-oblong, from entire to irregularly toothed, coriaceous, 8-25 cm long and 2-6 cm broad, of dark green colour. (tiborsaghy.com)
  • Most palms are distinguished by their large, compound, evergreen leaves, known as fronds , arranged at the top of an unbranched stem. (cloudfront.net)
  • In and near Fitzgerald River National Park (FRNP, https://breaking-the-borders.com/en/fitzgerald-river-national-park/ ), Western Australia, there are six spp. (inaturalist.org)
  • Cassytha racemosa ( https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/800963-Cassytha-racemosa ) no photo available of fruit fruit not necessarily fleshy fruit oval, ribbed, dull-hued, 0.7 X 0.5 cm fruit size similar to that of C. glabella fruit size according to literature: diam.0.4 cm (Weber 1981), 1.0 X 0.4 cm (another ref. (inaturalist.org)
  • This is exemplified by Fitzgerald River National Park ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitzgerald_River_National_Park ) and its environs, on the southern coast of Western Australia (see https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/view/author/Newbey,_Kenneth.html ). (inaturalist.org)
  • On the plain a few kilometers inland, a duplex soil (siliceous sand over pale clay) has developed over a siliceous sedimentary rock called spongolite ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spongolite and https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236842784_Eocene_spiculites_and_spongolites_in_southwestern_Australia_Not_deep_not_polar_but_shallow_and_warm ). (inaturalist.org)
  • Fritillaria biflora https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/56793-Fritillaria-biflora bulb 1.5-2 cm diam. (inaturalist.org)
  • The land surface is ancient, with the most extensive laterite ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laterite and https://bsssjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2389.1960.tb01080.x and https://www.researchgate.net/publication/229564960_Laterites_and_lateritic_soils_in_South-West_Australia ) of any land on Earth at temperate latitudes. (inaturalist.org)
  • However, there is a minor 'scarp' east of Perth, called the Darling Range ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darling_Scarp ), in association with which some of the slopes are steep enough for the lateritic profile to have been partly eroded ( https://www.foxeslair.org/why-are-wa-plants-and-soils-unique.html ). (inaturalist.org)
  • On the slightly nutrient-rejuvenated substrates, the vegetation includes woodland of Eucalyptus wandoo ( https://heartlandjourneys.com.au/about-us/ancient-wonderland/wandoo/ and https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/145451-Eucalyptus-wandoo and https://exploreparks.dbca.wa.gov.au/park/wandoo-national-park ). (inaturalist.org)
  • priority has been given to taxonomic arrangements, and formally-named taxa are presented as if they were monophyletic unless one of the source references has indicated otherwise. (fieldofscience.com)
  • As of the 15th of May 2013 the seedbank holds 371 collections of 253 threatened taxa, totalling 9.5 million seeds. (tas.gov.au)
  • The Arecaceae are notable among monocots for their height and for the size of their seeds, leaves, and inflorescences. (cloudfront.net)
  • His botanical research has made significant contributions to the areas of palaeobotany, plant systematics, plant ecophysiology and the application of research from these areas to interpreting changes that have occurred to the Australian flora through evolutionary time. (edu.au)
  • Falster, Gallagher et al (2021) AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora. (ala.org.au)
  • 2004. Vegetation and flora of a diverse upland remnant of the Western Australian wheatbelt (Nature Reserve A21064). (fieldofscience.com)
  • Over the years research staff employed by the Government of Western Australia have produced many papers on the Western Australian flora and fauna. (wa.gov.au)
  • As this bibliography is on Western Australian flora and fauna by staff of the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions and its predecessors, papers and reports on topics such as general departmental management, sheep, wheat, commercial marine fisheries, trout, etc. have been excluded. (wa.gov.au)
  • The chromosome-level T. speciosissima reference genome (Tspe_v1) provides an important new genomic resource of Proteaceae to support the conservation of flora in Australia and further afield. (bvsalud.org)
  • Gibson has a Priority One Conservation Code, which means taxa are known from less than 5 collections that are not on any kind of Flora Reserve and therefore considered at risk. (blogspot.com)
  • A key is provided for all Western Australian taxa currently referred to the informal, subgeneric Leucopogon gracilis Group ( sensu Hislop & Chapman 2007). (wa.gov.au)
  • He has published more than 125 refereed journal papers, 35 book chapters, several symposium papers and has edited or co-edited four books, including The History of the Australian Vegetation (Cambridge University Press), Ecology of the Southern Conifers (Melbourne University Press), The Ecology and Biogeography of Nothofagus Forests (Yale University Press), and Vegetation of Tasmania (Australian Biological Resources Study). (edu.au)
  • The flowers are arranged in groups of forty to fifty creamy-white and green flowers in leaf axils. (wikipedia.org)
  • on the interaction between climate change and the evolution of the living Australian vegetation in 1997. (edu.au)
  • During his career he has won many awards including the Clarke and Burbidge Medals for his research into the impact of long-term climate change on the evolution of Australian vegetation. (edu.au)
  • Australian Plant Census. (wikipedia.org)
  • The trait data shown here are a selection from AusTraits , an open-source, harmonised database of Australian plant trait data, sourced from individual researchers, government entities (e.g. herbaria) or NGOs across Australia. (ala.org.au)
  • Traits vary in scope from morphological attributes (e.g. leaf area, seed mass, plant height) to ecological attributes (e.g. fire response, flowering time, pollinators) and physiological measures of performance (e.g. photosynthetic gas exchange, water-use efficiency. (ala.org.au)
  • have the largest leaves of any plant, up to 25 metres (82 ft) long and 3 metres (10 ft) wide. (cloudfront.net)
  • It was one of the first Australian plants to be collected for cultivation in Europe as it was common in the sandstone country around the first … frost tolerance. (tiborsaghy.com)
  • He is currently Editor in Chief of the Australian Journal of Botany. (edu.au)
  • Australian Systematic Botany 25(6): 375-389. (wikimedia.org)
  • Leaves are soft, oval, and grey-blue in colour, to about 30 mm long and about 6 mm wide. (austplants.com.au)
  • Leaves 4 to 8 inches long, compound, with three to seven sharply pointed leaflets, blades oval to lanceolate, broader toward base, grayish hair below, hairy to hairless above. (hear.org)
  • Deep green serrated leaves complement spectacular large red domed flowers. (tiborsaghy.com)
  • Proteaceae flowers do not have any discernible petals or sepals (having only one whorl) and so these are referred to as "tepals" of which there are 4. (austplants.com.au)
  • The ALA is made possible by contributions from its partners, is supported by NCRIS , is hosted by CSIRO , and is the Australian node of GBIF . (ala.org.au)
  • The trunk develops an axillary bud at a leaf node, usually near the base, from which a new shoot emerges. (cloudfront.net)
  • Additional collections of the ten taxa involved are also cited. (wa.gov.au)
  • The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project. (nsw.gov.au)
  • Prior to the seedbank our ex-situ collections consisted of 128 individuals representing 20 threatened taxa curated by the gardens nursery. (tas.gov.au)
  • It has larger flower clusters and leaves, but differs most obviously (as do all three) by the length of the petaloid bracts that surround the flower clusters and the bracteoles that surround each flower. (blogspot.com)
  • Some taxa may have more than one reference listed against them: for instance, one reference may have indicated the phylogenetic position or current combination of a taxon, while another may have indicated the taxon's authorship. (fieldofscience.com)
  • Nothofagus subgenus Brassospora (Nothofagaceae) leaf fossils from New Zealand: a link to Australia and New Guinea? (wikimedia.org)
  • Occurring throughout much of the South-West Botanical Province of Western Australia on a variety of substrates, it is morphologically variable in foliar and floral characters, with up to eleven morphotypes informally recognised as putatively distinct taxa following a preliminary assessment in the early 1990s. (wa.gov.au)
  • If you have images for this taxon that you would like to share with Atlas of Living Australia, please upload using the upload tools. (ala.org.au)
  • i. s. = incertae sedis (indicates a taxon whose position within, or inclusion in, a given higher taxon is uncertain) l. c. = lapsus calami (a published spelling error) n. d. = nomen dubium (a taxon whose identification is uncertain) n. n. = nomen nudum (a taxon published without an adequate description and hence invalid) preoc. (fieldofscience.com)
  • In 1999 he returned to the University of Adelaide as an Australian Research Council (ARC) Senior Research Fellow, in 2001 he was appointed Head of Science at the South Australian Museum and in 2003 became Head of the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences. (edu.au)
  • The common representation is that of a solitary shoot ending in a crown of leaves. (cloudfront.net)
  • There's a reason why order-level taxa don't get much day-to-day use among botanists compared to families. (fieldofscience.com)
  • The leaves are 10 cm (4 in) long, divided into two to nine segments each 2-4 cm (0.8-2 in) long and 2 mm (0.08 in) wide, each ending in a sharp point. (wikipedia.org)
  • It has rough patterned bark and long green leaves with a silver underside. (intaninvest.net)
  • Such sexual dimorphism in leaf size is expected largely to be due to differential gene expression between the sexes. (bvsalud.org)
  • Leaves are dark green with a white underside, growing in whorls of 3-5. (intaninvest.net)
  • The specific epithet is from the Latin pulvinus meaning "cushion", "pad" or "pillow": 608 and fero meaning "to bear" or "to carry": 187 referring to the swelling at the base of the leaf. (wikipedia.org)
  • The leaves have a tubular sheath at the base that usually splits open on one side at maturity. (cloudfront.net)
  • Leaf blade margins entire, or dentate. (wa.gov.au)