Chenopodium benthamii
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Chenopodium latifolium[1] (Syn. Rhagodia latifolia) is a species of shrub endemic to midwest Western Australia.
Description
It grows as a shrub from 40 centimetres to two metres high, leathery, elliptical leaves, and panicles of green flowers.[2]
Taxonomy
It was first published as a variety of Rhagodia crassifolia by George Bentham in 1870, based on a specimen collected from Dirk Hartog Island by Allan Cunningham. In 1983 Paul G. Wilson promoted it to specific rank.[3] After phylogenetical research, Fuentes-Bazan et al. (2012) included this species in genus Chenopodium.[1]
Two subspecies are currently recognised:[1] the autonym Chenopodium latifolium subsp. latifolium, and Chenopodium latifolium subsp. rectum (Paul G. Wilson) S.Fuentes & Borsch, which was published by Wilson in 1983.[4]
Distribution and habitat
It occurs on coastal sand dunes and limestone cliff in midwest Western Australia, ranging from Geraldton north to the Murchison River.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d Susy Fuentes-Bazan, Guilhem Mansion, Thomas Borsch: Towards a species level tree of the globally diverse genus Chenopodium (Chenopodiaceae). In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Vol. 62, No. 1, 2012, ISSN 1055-7903, p. 372, DOI:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.10.006
- ^ a b "Rhagodia latifolia (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Rhagodia latifolia (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ^ Wilson, Paul G. "Chenopodiaceae". Flora of Australia. Vol. IV. p. 172.
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