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Phlebocarya pilosissima is a plant in the Haemodoraceae family,[1] native to Western Australia.[3]

Phlebocarya pilosissima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Commelinales
Family:	Haemodoraceae
Genus:	Phlebocarya
Species:	P. pilosissima
Binomial name
Phlebocarya pilosissima (F.Muell.) Benth.[1][2]
Synonyms[3]
Phlebocarya ciliata var. pilosissima F.Muell.

Description

Phlebocarya pilosissima has flattened to terete leaves. The leaf blade is 14-35 cm by 0.6-2 mm.[4] Leaf surfaces can be smooth to densely covered with sharp rigid bristly hairs (and on the margins).[4] The flower heads vary from being about half as long to longer than the leaves.[4] The scape is hairy and the bracts have branched hairs along the margin, while the pedicels are densely hairy.[4] The style is trifid and there are three stigmas.[4]

Taxonomy & etymology

The plant was first described as Phlebocarya ciliata var pilosissima by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1873,[1][5] but later in 1873 George Bentham erected it to the species Phlebocarya pilosissima.[1][2] The species epithet, pilosissima, comes from the Latin, pilus ("hair")[6] which gives the adjective, pilosus,[7] and its superlative, pilosissima,[6] thus describing the plant as being the "hairiest".

References

External links

• Phlebocarya pilosissima occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium

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