Synaphea spinulosa (Synaphea spinulosa)
Description
Synaphea spinulosa is a species of small shrub in the flowering plant family Proteaceae. It is endemic to Western Australia. Together with Acacia truncata, it was the first Australian endemic to be scientifically described and named, and the specimen upon which that description is based is the oldest extant specimen of an Australian plant, and very likely among the first Australian plant specimens ever collected..Synaphea spinulosa grows as a small shrub with multiple steps up to 50 cm (19.5 in) in height. The leaves are deeply divided into three lobes, and each lobe is usually also divided into three. The ultimate lobes are usually triangular, and even these usually end in up to three sharp points. The leaf lamina does not lie flat but is concave. Overall the leaves are from 2 to 7 cm (1 to 3 in) long, and 3 to 7 cm (1 to 3 in) wide, on a petiole 0.5–2 cm (0.20–0.79 in) long. Flowers are bright yellow, and occur crowded together in spikes from 2 to 5 cm (1 to 2 in) long, on a branched peduncle arising from the upper axils of branches
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum:
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Proteales
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Family: Proteaceae
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Genus: Synaphea
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