Mirbelia aotoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is a softly-hairy shrub with narrowly linear leaves with their edges rolled under, and yellow flowers arranged singly or in small groups in leaf axils.[2] It was first formally described in 1859 by Ferdinand von Mueller in Transactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria.[3][4]
Mirbelia aotoides | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Mirbelia |
Species: | M. aotoides
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Binomial name | |
Mirbelia aotoides |
This mirbelia occurs in eastern Queensland and is listed as "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ "Mirbelia aotoides". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ^ Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1864). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 2. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 35. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ^ von Mueller, Ferdinand (1859). "Some hitherto unknown Australian plants". Transactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria. 3: 53. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ^ "Mirbelia aotoides". APNI. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ^ "Mirbelia aotoides". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ^ "Species profile—Mirbelia aotoides". Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science. Retrieved 17 June 2022.