Plagiobothrys plurisepaleus

Plagiobothrys plurisepaleus (common name - White rochelia)[2] is a species of flowering plant in the borage family.[1] It is native to Australia, being found in all mainland states: New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory,[3] in moist areas in and around claypans.[4]

Plagiobothrys plurisepaleus
Flower
Fruit
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Plagiobothrys
Species:
P. plurisepaleus
Binomial name
Plagiobothrys plurisepaleus

Description

The inflorescence is coiled in bud, but generally elongates in fruit. The pedicels are generally 0–1 mm, and the flower is bisexual with the sepals fused below the middle.[5]

Taxonomy

It was first described as Maccoya sepalea in 1859 by Ferdinand von Mueller,[1][6] but was assigned to the genus, Plagiobothrys, in 1928 by Ivan Murray Johnston.[7]

References
  1. "Plagiobothrys plurisepaleus". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. "Flora of Victoria: Plagiobothrys plurisepaleus". vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  3. "Plagiobothrys plurisepaleus". avh.ala.org.au. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  4. "Plagiobothrys plurisepalus". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  5. "UC/JEPS: Jepson Manual treatment for PLAGIOBOTHRYS". ucjeps.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  6. Mueller, F.J.H. von (1859). "Maccoya". Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. 1 (5): 127.
  7. Johnston, I.M. (1928). "I. Studies in the Boraginaceae - VII". Contributions of the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University. 81: 75.
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