Hibbertia cunninghamii is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with a sprawling, straggling or ascending habit and typically grows to a height of 0.2–0.7 m (7.9 in – 2 ft 3.6 in). It blooms between August and December producing yellow flowers.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Dilleniales |
| Family: | Dilleniaceae |
| Genus: | Hibbertia |
| Species: | H. cunninghamii
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This species was first formally described in 1832 by William Jackson Hooker from an unpublished described by William Aiton. Hooker's description was published in Curtis's Botanical Magazine from specimens "introduced by Mr. Allan Cunningham from King George's Sound".[3][4] The specific epithet (cunninghamii) honours Allan Cunningham.[5]
Hibbertia cunninghamii grows on floodplains and in swampy areas in and around granite outcrops in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.[2]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Hibbertia cunninghamii". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Hibbertia cunninghamii". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Hibbertia cunninghamii". APNI. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ Hooker, William J. (1832). "Hibbertia cunninghamii". Curtis's Botanical Magazine. 59: 3183. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 175. ISBN 9780958034180.