Platysace clelandii, is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is small shrub with fan-shaped leaves and white flowers.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Genus: | Platysace |
| Species: | P. clelandii
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Description
editPlatysace clelandii is a small, scrambling shrub to 30–60 cm (12–24 in) high and stems with long, upright, rigid hairs to soft, straight hairs. The leaves are fan-shaped, more or less circular to oval-shaped, usually 6–7 mm (0.24–0.28 in) long, up to 10 mm (0.39 in) wide, 3-5 lobes, base wedge-shaped, apex sharply toothed and on a petiole 1.5 mm (0.059 in) long. The white flowers are borne in umbels, 2–3 cm (0.79–1.18 in) in diameter, 4-6 rays and linear-shaped bracteoles up to 1.5 mm (0.059 in) long. Flowering occurs from August to February and the fruit about 1.5 mm (0.059 in) long, 2–2.2 mm (0.079–0.087 in) wide, slightly ribbed, wrinkled and sparingly covered in short bristles.[2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
editIn 1912 the species was named Trachymene clelandii by Joseph Maiden and Daniel Ludwig Ernst Betche.[4][5] In 1962 Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson changed the name to Platysace clelandii and the description was published in Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium.[6] The specific epithet (clelandii) honours John Burton Cleland collector of the type specimen.[7]
Distribution and habitat
editPlatysace clelandii grows in open, dry forests and hillsides amongst sandstone rocks from Glen Davis to Berowra.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Platysace clelandii". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ a b Powell, J.M.; Hastings, S.M. "Platysace clelandii". PlantNET-NSW flora online. Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ Fairley, Alan; Moore, Philip (2010). Native Plants of the Sydney Region (3 ed.). Crows Nest: Jacana Books. p. 355. ISBN 9781741755718.
- ^ "Trachymene clelandii". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ Betche, Daniel; Maiden, Joseph (1912). "Trachymene clelandii". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (37): 246–247. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ "Platysace clelandii". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ George, A.S; Sharr, F.A (2021). Western Australian Plant Names and their meanings (4th ed.). Kardinya: Four Gables. p. 168. ISBN 9780958034197.