Stylobasium australe is a species of shrub endemic to Western Australia.[1] It was first described as Macrostigma australe in 1842 by William Jackson Hooker,[2] and reassessed in 1965 as Stylobasium by Ghillean Prance.[3]

Stylobasium australe
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Surianaceae
Genus: Stylobasium
Species:
S. australe
Binomial name
Stylobasium australe
Synonyms

Macrostigma australe Hook. (1842)

Description

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Stylobasium australe is a perennial shrub that grows up to 2m high.[4] It has simple leaves with entire margins and flowers from May to October.[4] The flowers are dichogamous, with the male stamens developing first and dehiscing before the female stigma develops (protandry).[5] New plants can grow from root suckers.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Stylobasium australe". Atlas of Living Australia.
  2. ^ Hooker, William Jackson (1842). Icones Plantarum (5 ed.).
  3. ^ Prance, G. (1965), Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'Etat a Bruxelles 35: 436
  4. ^ a b Falster, Gallagher et al. (2021) AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora. Scientific Data 8: 254, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2893552#, Atlas of Living Australia
  5. ^ a b Keighery, Greg (1984–1986). "Floral sexuality in Stylobasium Desf. (Stylobasidiaceae)". The Western Australian Naturalist. 16: 23 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.