Hibbertia goyderi explained

Hibbertia goyderi is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to the Northern Territory. It is a small leafless shrub with angular stems and yellow flowers with about nine or ten stamens arranged around the two carpels.

Description

Hibbertia goyderi is a shrub that typically grows to a height of with erect stems that are angular or triangular in cross-section. The leaves are reduced to bracts long and wide. The flowers are borne on a peduncle long with small bracts at the base. The five sepals are joined at the base, the outer sepals lance-shaped and long, the inner sepals egg-shaped and slightly shorter. The five petals are yellow, spatula-shaped, long and wide. There are about nine or ten stamens arranged around the two carpels. Flowering occurs from August to March.[1] [2]

Taxonomy

Hibbertia goyderi was first formally described in 1871 by Ferdinand von Mueller in Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae from specimens collected by "Schultz" near Port Darwin.[3] The specific epithet (goyderi) honours George Goyder.[4]

Distribution and habitat

This hibbertia grows in woodland near Darwin in the far north-east of the Northern Territory.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Wheeler . Judith R. . A review of Hibbertia glomerosa sens. lat. (Dilleniaceae). Nuytsia . 2002 . 14 . 3 . 415–416. 18 June 2021.
  2. Web site: Hibbertia goyderi . Northern Territory Government . 18 June 2021.
  3. Web site: Hibbertia goyderi. APNI. 18 June 2021.
  4. Book: von Mueller . Ferdinand . Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae . 1871 . Victorian Government Printer . Melbourne . 123 . 18 June 2021.