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Darwinia divisa is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a restricted part of the south-west of Western Australia. It is a slender, erect shrub with white flowers and is the only species of its genus with "divided prominent calyx lobes" and a hairy calyx tube.[2]

Darwinia divisa
Conservation status

Declared Rare — Presumed Extinct (DEC)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Darwinia
Species:
D. divisa
Binomial name
Darwinia divisa

It was first formally described in 2002 by Greg Keighery and Neville Marchant in the Nordic Journal of Botany from specimens collected by Fred Lullfitz near Bendering in 1965.[3]

Darwinia divisa is presumed extinct by the by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions,[4][5] not having been collected for more than 50 years, despite extensive surveys at the type location and surrounding remnants during 1997-2000.[6]


References


  1. "Darwinia divisa". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  2. Keighery, Greg; Marchant, Neville (March 2002). "A new species of Darwinia (Myrtaceae) from Western Australia". Nordic Journal of Botany. 22 (1).
  3. "Darwinia divisa". APNI. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  4. "Darwinia divisa". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  5. "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  6. Gibson, Neil (2016). "Western Australian plant taxa not collected for more than 50 years". Nuytsia. 27: 151–152. Retrieved 25 October 2022.


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