Spyridium majoranifolium is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.1–1.6 m (3.9 in – 5 ft 3.0 in) and has white to cream-coloured or yellow flowers from February to October. It grows on coastal dunes and stony hillsides in near-coastal areas in the Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Warren bioregions of southern Western Australia.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rhamnaceae |
| Genus: | Spyridium |
| Species: | S. majoranifolium
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This spyridium was first formally described in 1837 by Eduard Fenzl who gave it the name Trymalium majoranifolium in Enumeratio plantarum quas in Novae Hollandiae ora austro-occidentali ad fluvium Cygnorum et in sinu Regis Georgii collegit Carolus Liber Baro de Hügel from specimens collected by Ferdinand Bauer.[3][4] In 1995, Barbara Lynette Rye changed the name to Spyridium majoranifolium in the journal Nuytsia.[5][6] The specific epithet (majoranifolium) means "marjoram-leaved".[7]
References
edit- ^ a b "Spyridium majoranifolium". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ "Spyridium majoranifolium". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Trymalium majoranifolium". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ Endlicher, Stephan (1837). Endlicher, Stephan; Fenzl, Eduard; Bentham, George; Schott, Heinrich Wilhelm (eds.). Enumeratio plantarum quas in Novae Hollandiae ora austro-occidentali ad fluvium Cygnorum et in Sinu Regis Georgii collegit Carolus liber baro de Hügel. p. 21. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ "Spyridium majoranifolium". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ Rye, Barbara L. (1995). "New and priority taxa in the genera Spyridium and Trymalium (Rhamnaceae) of Western Australia". Nuytsia. 10 (1): 121–122. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 247. ISBN 9780958034180.