Synaphea bifurcata is a shrub endemic to Western Australia.[1]
| Synaphea bifurcata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Synaphea |
| Species: | S. bifurcata
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| Binomial name | |
| Synaphea bifurcata | |
The bushy shrub typically grows to a height of 0.3 to 0.5 metres (1.0 to 1.6 ft).[1] The leaves have lobes with incisions that extend more than half-way toward the midrib, are deeply forked with a cuneate or fan shape, that is once or twice bifurcate.[2] It blooms between September and November producing yellow flowers.[1] The stigma in the flower is entire to emarginate or 2-lobed to less than a half and the ovary has an apical ring of translucent glands.[2]
The species was first formally described in 1995 by the botanist Alexander Segger George in P.M.McCarthy's work Appendix: Synaphea as published in the journal Flora of Australia.[3]
It is found in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia between Ravensthorpe and Lake Grace where it grows in sandy-clay-loam soils over laterite.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Synaphea bifurcata". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ a b "Synaphea A.S.George". Flora of Australia Online. Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ "Synaphea bifurcata A.S.George". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 30 November 2018.