Spyridium ulicinum is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is a tall shrub with linear to oblong leaves, and single or small groups of white flowers.
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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. ulicinum
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| Spyridium ulicinum | |
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Description edit
Spyridium ulicinum is an upright, heath-like shrub that typically grows to a height of 2 m (6 ft 7 in) or more, and has many branches. The leaves are linear to oblong, mostly less and arranged singly, in pairs or groups of 3 near the ends of short side-branches with overlapping brown bracts at the base of each flower. The sepals are about 5.3 mm (0.21 in) long, and silky-hairy.[2][3][4]
Taxonomy edit
This species was first formally described in 1855 by William Jackson Hooker who gave it the name Cryptandra ulicina and published the description in his journal, The Journal of Botany.[5][6] In 1863, George Bentham changed the name to Spyridium ulicinum in the Flora Australiensis.[7] The specific epithet (ulicinum) means "Ulex-like".[8]
Distribution and habitat edit
Spyridium ulicinum is widespread but not common and grows in woodland in Tasmania.[3][4]
References edit
- ^ a b "Spyridium subochreatum". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ Bentham, George (1863). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 1. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 434. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ a b Rodway, Leonard (1903). The Tasmanian Flora. Hobart: Tasmanian Government Printer. p. 28. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ a b Jordan, Greg. "Spyridium ulicinum". University of Tasmania. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ "Cryptandra ulicina". APNI. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ Hooker, William Jackson (1834). "Contributions Towards a Flora of Van Dieman's Land; from collections sent by R. W. Lawrence, and Ronald Gunn, Esqrs., and by Dr. Scott". The Journal of Botany. 1: 257. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ "Spyridium ulicinum". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 331. ISBN 9780958034180.