Triumfetta clementii

Triumfetta clementii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Grewioideae
Genus: Triumfetta
Species: T. clementii
Binomial name
Triumfetta clementii
Domin
Synonyms
  • Triumfetta bartramia var. clementii Domin

Triumfetta clementii is a shrub species that occurs in the north-west of Western Australia. It has an erect, speading habit, growing to between 0.15 and 0.6 metres high. Yellow flowers appear between May and October in the species native range.[1]

The taxon was first formally described by Czech botanist Karel Domin in 1930 in Bibliotheca Botanica, based on a collection by Emile Clement between the Ashburton and De Grey Rivers. Domin gave it the name Triumfetta bartramia var. clementii. It was promoted to species status in 1997.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Triumfetta clementii". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia. http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/14694. 
  2. ^ "Triumfetta clementii". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Convolvulus+clementii. Retrieved 2009-05-30.