Maireana enchylaenoides

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Maireana enchylaenoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Maireana
Species:
M. enchylaenoides
Binomial name
Maireana enchylaenoides
Synonyms[1]
  • Bassia enchylaenoides F.Muell.
  • Chenolea enchylaenoides F.Muell. nom. illeg.
  • Chenolea villosa (F.Muell.) Ewart
  • Duriala crassiloba N.C.W.Beadle nom. inval.
  • Duriala villosa (F.Muell.) Ulbr.
  • Enchylaena villosa F.Muell.
  • Heterochlamys villosa F.Muell. nom. inval., nom. nud.
  • Heterochlamys villosa J.M.Black nom. inval., pro syn.
  • Kochia crassiloba R.H.Anderson nom. illeg.

Maireana enchylaenoides, commonly known as wingless bluebush or wingless fissure-weed,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Chenopodiaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is a perennial herb with scattered, slightly fleshy, narrowly oblong leaves, bisexual flowers arranged singly, and a fruiting perianth with a thin-walled tube with 5 leathery wings.

Description

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Maireana enchylaenoides is a low-lying or weakly erect perennial plant that grows to a height of up to 30 cm (12 in). Its branches are about 30 cm (12 in) long and covered with soft hairs. Its leaves are linear to narrowly egg-shaped, 5–20 mm (0.20–0.79 in) long, and covered with soft or silky hairs. The flowers are bisexual and arranged singly in leaf axils. The fruiting perianth is thin-walled, about 3 mm (0.12 in) in diameter, with 5 leathery wings about 4 mm (0.16 in) in diameter.[2][3][4][5][6]

Taxonomy

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This species was first described in 1876 by Ferdinand von Mueller who gave it the name Chenolea enchylaenoides in his Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae, but the name was illegitimate[7][8] In 1882, von Mueller changed the name to Bassia enchylaenoides in his Systematic Census of Australian Plants,[9] and in 1975, Paul G. Wilson transferred the species to Maireana as M. enchylaenoides in the journal Nuytsia.[3][10] The specific epithet (enchylaenoides) means 'Encelia-like'.[11]

Distribution and habitat

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Maireana enchylaenoides usually grows in woodland in loamy soils and is found in southern Queensland,[2] on the slopes and plains of New South Wales,[4] north-western Victoria,[5] the south of South Australia,[6] the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia.[12][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Maireana enchylaenoides". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d Wilson, Paul G. "Maireana enchylaenoides". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  3. ^ a b Wilson, Paul G. (1975). "A Taxonomic Revision of the genus Maireana (Chenopodiaceae)". Nuytsia. 2 (1): 24–25. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  4. ^ a b Jacobs, Surrey W.L. "Maireana enchylaenoides". Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  5. ^ a b Walsh, Neville G.; Stajsic, Val. "Maireana enchylaenoides". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Maireana enchylaenoides". Seeds of South Australia. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  7. ^ "Chenolea enchylaenoides". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  8. ^ von Mueller, Ferdinand (1876). Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. p. 92. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  9. ^ "Bassia enchylaenoides". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  10. ^ "Maireana enchylaenoides". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  11. ^ George, Alex; Sharr, Francis (2021). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 191. ISBN 9780958034180.
  12. ^ "Maireana enchylaenoides". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.