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Scaevola macrophylla

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Scaevola macrophylla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Goodeniaceae
Genus: Scaevola
Species:
S. macrophylla
Binomial name
Scaevola macrophylla

Scaevola macrophylla, commonly known as large-flowered scaevola,[1] is an erect herb (woody at base) growing to 0.4 m high, with blue flowers, in the family Goodeniaceae, native to Western Australia.[4]

The species was first formally described in 1854 by Willem Hendrik de Vriese[5][6] and in 1868 George Bentham in the fourth volume of Flora Australiensis assigned it to the genus, Scaevola.[2][3]

It occurs in the Cape Riche area, in south-western Western Australia.[7]

It has been declared to be a threatened species,[4] and critically endangered under the EPBC Act.[1]


References

  1. ^ a b c "Scaevola macrophylla — Large-flowered Scaevola". www.environment.gov.au. Department of the Environment,Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Scaevola macrophylla". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  3. ^ a b Bentham, G. (1868) Flora Australiensis 4: 98
  4. ^ a b "Scaevola macrophylla". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  5. ^ "Molkenboeria macrophylla". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  6. ^ Vriese, W.H. de (1854) Goodenovieae. Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem ser. 2, 10: 44
  7. ^ "Profile: Scaevola macrophylla". profiles.ala.org.au. Retrieved 11 October 2019.