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Hemigenia cuneifolia

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Hemigenia cuneifolia
In Girraween National Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Hemigenia
Species:
H. cuneifolia
Binomial name
Hemigenia cuneifolia
Habit

Hemigenia cuneifolia is a plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with oblong leaves arranged in whorls of three, and blue to mauve flowers.

Description

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Hemigenia cuneifolia is a shrub that typically grows to a height of about 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in). The leaves are oblong, 15–30 mm (0.59–1.18 in) long, 2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) wide on a petiole 2–6 mm (0.079–0.236 in) long and arranged in whorls of three. The sepals are fused to form a tube 4–5.5 mm (0.16–0.22 in) long with five lobes that are shorter than the tube. The petals are blue to mauve, about 8 mm (0.31 in) long and fused to form a tube with two lips. There are four stamens, the lower two more or less sterile, and the style has two branches. Flowering mainly occurs from August to April.[2][3]

Taxonomy and naming

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Hemigenia cuneifolia was first formally described in 1870 by George Bentham and the description was published in Flora Australiensis from specimens collected by William Woolls and Hermann Beckler.[4][5]

Distribution and habitat

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Hemigenia cuneifolia grows in forest from south east Queensland to the Hill Top area of New South Wales and as far inland as the Pilliga Scrub.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Hemigenia cuneifolia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b Conn, Barry J. "Hemigenia cuneifolia". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  3. ^ Conn, Barry J. "Hemigenia". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Hemigenia cuneifolia". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  5. ^ Bentham, George (1870). Flora Australiensis (Volume 5). Vol. 5. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. pp. 118–119. Retrieved 10 November 2020.