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Hibbertia hypericoides

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Hibbertia hypericoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Dilleniales
Family: Dilleniaceae
Genus: Hibbertia
Species:
H. hypericoides
Binomial name
Hibbertia hypericoides
(DC.) Benth.

Hibbertia hypericoides, commonly known as yellow buttercups, is a small shrub species that is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It grows to between 0.2 and 1 metre high and has yellow flowers which appear between April and December in the species' native range.[1]

The species, initially named as Pleurandra hypericoides, was first formally described in 1817 by Swiss botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in Regni Vegetabilis Systema Naturale. It was subsequently placed in the genus Hibbertia by George Bentham in 1863.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Hibbertia hypericoides". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  2. ^ "Hibbertia hypericoides". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 18 March 2011.