Darwinia briggsiae

Darwinia briggsiae
Darwinia briggsiae in the ANBG
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Darwinia
Species:	D. briggsiae
Binomial name
Darwinia briggsiae Craven & S.R.Jones[1]
Occurrence data from AVH

Darwinia briggsiae is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is an erect shrub with linear-shaped leaves and small groups of pink and white flowers.

Description

Darwinia briggsiae is an erect shrub which grows to a height of 1.5 metres (5 ft). It has glabrous, linear leaves 11–18 millimetres (0.4–0.7 in) long, about 1 millimetre (0.04 in) wide with a dished upper surface. The flowers are arranged in groups of up to six, each with a stalk 0.5–1 millimetre (0.02–0.04 in) long in a leaf axil. The floral cup is about 5 millimetres (0.2 in) long and 1–2 millimetres (0.04–0.08 in) in diameter with five ribs. The sepals are triangular and about 0.5 millimetres (0.02 in) long, the petals 1–1.5 millimetres (0.04–0.06 in) long and all are slightly notched on the upper end. The style is 7–8 millimetres (0.28–0.31 in) and protrudes from the flower tube. Flowering occurs from September to March.[2][3]

Taxonomy and naming

Darwinia briggsiae was first formally described in 1991 by Lyndley Craven and S.R.Jones and the description was published in Australian Systematic Botany.[4][5] The specific epithet (briggsiae) is in recognition of Australian botanist Barbara G. Briggs.[6]

Distribution and habitat

This darwinia grows in heath and she-oak thickets in the Budawang Range and at Macquarie Pass.[3]

References

1. "Darwinia briggsiae". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
2. Harden, Gwen, ed. (2002). Flora of New South Wales. Volume 2 (revised ed.). Sydney: New South Wales University Press. p. 222. ISBN 0868406090.
3. "Darwinia briggsiae". Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney: plantnet. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
4. "Darwinia briggsiae". APNI. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
5. Craven, Lyndley A.; Jones, S.R. (1991). "A taxonomic review of Homoranthus and two new species of Darwinia (both Myrtaceae, Chamelaucieae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 4 (3): 530. doi:10.1071/SB9910513.
6. Robyn Williams (23 August 2014). "Germaine Greer rehabilitates her patch of SE Qld". The Science Show. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 27 August 2014.