Dodonaea triangularis
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Dodonaea triangularis, commonly known as triangle-leaved hopbush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapindaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a dioecious shrub with simple, more or less sessile leaves with three teeth or lobes at the end, flowers in groups of three to six axillary cymes, each flower with four sepals, six to eight stamens, and three- or four-angled capsule with lobe-like appendages.
Dodonaea triangularis, commonly known as triangle-leaved hopbush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapindaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a dioecious shrub with simple, more or less sessile leaves with three teeth or lobes at the end, flowers in groups of three to six axillary cymes, each flower with four sepals, six to eight stamens, and three- or four-angled capsule with lobe-like appendages.
Taxonomy
Dodonaea triangularis was first formally described in 1848 by John Lindley in Thomas Mitchell's Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia. The specific epithet (triangularis) means 'triangular'.
Distribution and habitat
This species of Dodonaea occurs between the Townsville area of Queensland and far north-eastern New South Wales where it grows in forest or woodland in granitic and sandstone soils on the ranges. The is an apparent disjunct population in the Hunter region of New South Wales.
Conservation status
Dodonaea triangularis is listed as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.
References
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