Hibbertia vaginata

Hibbertia vaginata
In the Australian National Botanic Gardens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Dilleniales
Family:	Dilleniaceae
Genus:	Hibbertia
Species:	H. vaginata
Binomial name
Hibbertia vaginata (Benth.) F.Muell.[1]

Hibbertia vaginata is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of 20–75 cm (7.9–29.5 in).[2]

It was first formally described in 1863 by George Bentham who gave it the name Candollea vaginata in Flora Australiensis from specimens collected by James Drummond.[3][4] In 1880, Ferdinand von Mueller changed the name to Hibbertia vaginata in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae.[5] The specific epithet (vaginata) means "sheathed", referring to the leaf base.[6]

This hibbertia grows in sandy or gravelly soils in the Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren biogeographical regions of south-western Western Australia.[2]

Hibbertia vaginata is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.[2]

See also

• List of Hibbertia species

References

1. "Hibbertia vaginata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
2. "Hibbertia vaginata". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
3. "Candollea vaginata". APNI. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
4. Bentham, George (1863). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 1. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 45. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
5. "Hibbertia vaginata". APNI. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
6. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 333. ISBN 9780958034180.