Hibbertia andrewsiana

Hibbertia andrewsiana 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 an erect or spreading habit and typically grows to a height of 15–60 cm (5.9–23.6 in). It blooms between September and January and produces yellow flowers.[2]

Hibbertia andrewsiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Dilleniales
Family: Dilleniaceae
Genus: Hibbertia
Species:
H. andrewsiana
Binomial name
Hibbertia andrewsiana

The species was first formally described in 1904 by the botanist Ludwig Diels in Engler's Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie from specimens collected near Esperance.[3][4]

The specific epithet (andrewsiana) honours Cecil Rollo Payton Andrews (1870 to 1951), a schoolteacher and later director of Education in Western Australia. He was also an avid plant collector and served as the President of the Western Australian Natural History Society.[5]

The species has a small and scattered distribution along the south coast of the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia between Ravensthorpe to just east of Esperance where it is found on rocky slopes and undulating plains growing in sandy soils.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Hibbertia andrewsiana". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  2. "Hibbertia andrewsiana". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. "Hibbertia andrewsiana". APNI. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  4. Diels, Ludwig; Pritzel, Ernst G.; Engler, Adolf (ed.) (1904). "Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse". Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie. 35: 387. Retrieved 25 March 2021. {{cite journal}}: |first3= has generic name (help)
  5. Ray Desmond (1994). Dictionary Of British And Irish Botanists And Horticulturists Including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers (2 ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 9780850668438.
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