Hibbertia uncinata

Hibbertia ulicifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.2–1 m (7.9 in – 3 ft 3.4 in).[2]

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

It was first formally described in 1863 by George Bentham who gave it the name Candollea uncinata in Flora Australiensis from specimens collected by James Drummond.[3][4] In 1882, Ferdinand von Mueller changed the name to Hibbertia uncinata in his Systematic Census of Australian Plants.[5] The specific epithet (uncinata) means "hooked", referring to the leaves.[6]

This hibbertia grows on slopes, hills and floodplains in the Avon Wheatbelt biogeographical region of south-western Western Australia.[2]

Conservation status

Hibbertia uncinata is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Hibbertia uncinata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  2. "Hibbertia uncinata". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. "Candollea uncinata". APNI. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  4. Bentham, George (1863). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 1. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 46. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  5. "Hibbertia uncinata". APNI. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  6. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 331. ISBN 9780958034180.
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