Rumicastrum corrigioloides (synonym Calandrinia corrigioloides) is an annual herb[2] in the family Montiaceae, and is native to Western Australia, South Australia, and Victoria.[3][4][1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Montiaceae |
| Genus: | Rumicastrum |
| Species: | R. corrigioloides
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Description
editIt is a succulent, prostrate herb, with pink-white flowers. It flowers from August to November and grows on sandy soils in swampy depressions, flats, and sand dunes.[2] The stems of the flowers (pedicels) are 0.5–2 mm long and spreading to reflexed in fruit. The bracts are leafy and alternate, the sepals are persistent and the 4 or 5 petals are white to pale-pink. There are 3 to 4 stamens and 3 stigmas 3 which are free to the base. The capsule is three valved and narrow-ovoid to elongate-cylindrical, and the seeds are black, shiny, and smooth and 0.7–1 mm in diameter.[5]
Taxonomy
editThe species was first described as Calandrinia corrigioloides by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1863.[3][6] The genus Calandrinia was discovered to be paraphyletic, and the Australasian species were moved to genus Rumicastrum in 2020.[1][7]
References
edit- ^ a b c Govaerts, R. et al. (2023) Plants of the World Online: Rumicastrum corrigioloides (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Carolin. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ a b "Calandrinia corrigioloides". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ a b APNI: Calandrinia corrigioloides F.Muell. ex Benth. Australian Plant Name Index.
- ^ Australasian Virtual Herbarium - Occurrence data for Calandrinia corrigioloides
- ^ SAFlora: Calandrinia corrigioloides. State Herbarium of South Australia, Government of South Australia.
- ^ Bentham, G. (1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 175 [tax. nov.]
- ^ Hershkovitz, M.A. (2020). "Rumicastrum Ulbrich (Montiaceae): a beautiful name for the Australian calandrinias". Phytologia. 102: 116–123.
External links
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Media related to Rumicastrum corrigioloides at Wikimedia Commons- Australasian Virtual Herbarium - Occurrence data for Calandrinia corrigioloides
- VicFlora: Calandrinia corrigioloides. Royal Botanic Gardens Foundation Victoria
