Scott river jug flower (Adenanthos detmoldii)
Description
Adenanthos detmoldii, commonly known as Scott River jugflower or yellow jugflower, is a species of shrub in the family Proteaceae. It is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It grows as an erect shrub to m in height, with hairy branches and long, narrow leaves up to mm length and about mm wide. The flowers, which appear between August and November, consist of a tubular perianth about mm long, and a style about mm long. The perianth is yellow with an orange throat that becomes brown following pollination. Mueller assigned the species to A. sect. Eurylaema defined as containing those species with perianth tubes that are curved and swollen above the middle. The specific epithet detmoldii was said to be in honour of his friend William Detmold. The type specimen of A. detmoldii was collected from the vicinity of the Blackwood River around 1870, and sent to Ferdinand von Mueller who published the species in Volume 8 of his Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae in 1874. The original type specimen cites "Blackwood-River; J. Forrest", and this has sometimes been interpreted as referring to John Forrest, but John Forrest's brother James is known to have "achieved some repute by making botanical collections of the flora of the Blackwood district for Baron von Mueller", and an isotype lodged at the Botanical Garden in Berlin has been labelled by Ludwig Diels "Blackwood River leg. Jas. Forrest". Mueller assigned the species to A. sect. Eurylaema, defined as containing those species with perianth tubes that are curved and swollen above the middle. The specific epithet detmoldii was said to be in honour of his friend William Detmold.
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: Adenanthos
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