Trymalium odoratissimum

Trymalium odoratissimum is a plant species found in Southwest Australia.

Trymalium odoratissimum
Trymalium odoratissimum subsp. odoratissimum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rhamnaceae
Genus: Trymalium
Species:
T. odoratissimum
Binomial name
Trymalium odoratissimum
Subspecies

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Taxonomy edit

This description was published in 1838 by John Lindley in Edwards Botanical Register, who notes that Robert Mangles, of the colony's Mangles family, provided a flowering specimen to a horticultural society in London.[2]

Two subspecies are recognised:

  • Trymalium odoratissimum Lindl. subsp. odoratissimum.[3] The nominate predominantly occurs on the Swan Coastal Plain and is found to the north of Perth.
  • Trymalium odoratissimum subsp. trifidum (Rye) Kellermann, Rye & K.R.Thiele.[4] A subspecies emerging from a revision published in 2008.[5] The well known description Trymalium floribundum Steud. is currently regarded as a synonym of this subspecific concept.[2][6] It bears the common name karri hazel and is known as djop born in the Nyungar language.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ "Trymalium odoratissimum". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  2. ^ a b Kellermann, Jürgen; Rye, Barbara L.; Thiele, Kevin R. (2008). "Nomenclatural Notes, Typificationsand Name Changes in Trymalium (Rhamnaceae: Pomaderreae)". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 132 (1): 18–28. doi:10.1080/03721426.2008.10887089. ISSN 0372-1426. S2CID 83795692.
  3. ^ "Trymalium odoratissimum". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  4. ^ Trans.Roy.Soc.South Australia 132:23 (2008)
  5. ^ "Trymalium odoratissimum". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  6. ^ "Trymalium odoratissimum". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. citing J. Kellermann et al. in Trans.Roy.Soc.South Australia 132:32 (2008)
  7. ^ Vivienne Hansen; John Horsfall (2016). Noongar Bush Medicine. Crawley: UWA Publishing. pp. 98–99. ISBN 978-1-74258-906-0. Wikidata Q113330855.