Lemphoria andraeana
| Lemphoria andraeana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Lemphoria |
| Species: | L. andraeana
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| Binomial name | |
| Lemphoria andraeana (F.Muell.) Al-Shehbaz and Lysak
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Lemphoria andreaeana is a species of flowering plant in the Brassicaceae family.[1] It is an annual found throughout inland Australia.[2]
The species was first described in 1885 by Ferdinand von Mueller as Capsella andraeana.[3][4] It was reassigned to the genus Cuphonotus in 1974 by Elizabeth Anne Shaw.[3][5] In 2022 Ihsan Ali Al-Shehbaz and Martin A. Lysák placed the species in genus Lemphoria as L. andraeana.[1]
Description
It is an annual herb growing to 25 cm tall, and is spreading or erect. It has simple hairs, which may be flattened, terete or twisted. The leaves at the base are entire and up to 3 cm long, while those on the stem are similar but reduced in size.[6]
References
- ^ a b c "Lemphoria andraeana (F.Muell.) Al-Shehbaz & Lysak". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
- ^ "Australasian Virtual Herbarium: Cuphonotus andreanus". AVH: The Australasian Virtual Herbarium. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Cuphonotus andraeanus". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Australian Government. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ Mueller, F.J.H. von (March 1885), Definitions of some new Australian plants (continued). Southern Science Record n.s 1(3): 49
- ^ Shaw, E.A. (1974), Revisions of some genera of Cruciferae native to Australia. Contributions of the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 205: 157
- ^ H.J.Hewson. "Cuphonotus andraeanus". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Australian Government. Retrieved 19 January 2023.