Thomasia triloba

Thomasia triloba
Conservation status
Priority One — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Genus:	Thomasia
Species:	T. triloba
Binomial name
Thomasia triloba Turcz.[1]

Thomasia triloba is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, open shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.4–1 m (1 ft 4 in – 3 ft 3 in) and has pink or purple flowers in October and November.[2] The species was first formally described in 1846 by Nikolai Turczaninow in the Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou from specimens collected by James Drummond.[3][4] This species of thomasia is listed as "Priority One" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions,[2] meaning that it is known from only one or a few locations which are potentially at risk,[5] but may be extinct.[6]

References

1. "Thomasia triloba". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
2. "Thomasia triloba". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
3. "Thomasia triloba". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
4. Turczaninow, Nikolai (1846). "Generum adhuc non descriptorum, adkectis descriptionibus nonnullarum specierum Byttneriacearum". Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou. 19 (2): 500. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
5. "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
6. Blake, Trevor L. (2021). Lantern bushes of Australia; Thomasias & allied genera : a field and horticultural guide. Victoria: Australian Plants Society, Keilor Plains Group. p. 6. ISBN 9780646839301.