Conospermum scaposum

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Conospermum scaposum - Wikipedia

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Conospermum scaposum

Conservation status
Priority Three — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Genus:	Conospermum
Species:	C. scaposum
Binomial name
*Conospermum scaposum* Benth.^[1]
Synonyms^[1]
Conospermum sericeum C.A.Gardner

Conospermum scaposum is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low, erect shrub with linear leaves and dense spikes of blue, tube-shaped flowers covered with long, silky hairs.

Description

Conspermum scaposum is a low, erect shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 75 cm (30 in) when in flower, otherwise to 15 cm (5.9 in). Its leaves are linear, 40–100 mm (1.6–3.9 in) long, 2.0–5.5 mm (0.079–0.217 in) wide on a petiole 25–88 mm (0.98–3.46 in) long. The leaves are glabrous, sometimes covered with velvety hairs. The flowers are arranged in panicles with few branches, each branch on a peduncle 300–750 mm (12–30 in) long, forming a dense spike on the ends of branches. The bracteoles are creamy brown, 4.5–6 mm (0.18–0.24 in) long and 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) wide and covered with velvety white hairs. The flowers are blue and form a tube 2–6 mm (0.079–0.236 in) long, covered with long, silky hairs. The perianth tube is 2–6 mm (0.079–0.236 in) long, the upper lip 2.0–2.25 mm (0.079–0.089 in) long and 1.0–1.5 mm (0.039–0.059 in) wide, the upper lobe 1.5–2.0 mm (0.059–0.079 in) long and 0.25–0.5 mm (0.0098–0.0197 in) wide, the lower lip 1.5–2.0 mm (0.059–0.079 in) long and 0.25–0.5 mm (0.0098–0.0197 in) wide. Flowering occurs in August, January and February.^[2]^[3]

Taxonomy

Conospermum scaposum was first formally described in 1870 by George Bentham in his Flora Australiensis from specimens collected by James Drummond.^[4]^[5] The specific epithet (scaposum) means 'abounding in flower stalks'.^[6]

Distribution and habitat

This species of Conospermum grows in low, swampy areas and on road verges from Mogumber to Lancelin and Toolibin in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia.^[2]^[3]

Conservation status

Conospermum scaposum is listed as "Priority Three" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions^[3] meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "Conospermum scaposum". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
^ ^a ^b Bennett, Eleanor M. "Conospermum scaposum". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Conospermum scaposum". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
^ "Conospermum scaposum". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
^ Bentham, George (1870). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 5. London: Lovell Reeves & Co. p. 369. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 302. ISBN 9780958034180.
^ "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Retrieved 25 October 2024.

Taxon identifiers
Conospermum scaposum	Wikidata: Q15575030 Wikispecies: Conospermum scaposum APNI: 76611 CoL: 5ZVKP FloraBase: 1881 FoAO2: Conospermum scaposum GBIF: 3994864 IPNI: 703343-1 IUCN: 112604213 Open Tree of Life: 6128326 Plant List: kew-2735530 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:703343-1 Tropicos: 100315563 WFO: wfo-0000619391

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