| Rumicastrum corrigioloides | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Montiaceae |
| Genus: | Rumicastrum |
| Species: | R. corrigioloides |
| Binomial name | |
| Rumicastrum corrigioloides (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Carolin (2020) | |
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Rumicastrum corrigioloides (synonym Calandrinia corrigioloides) is an annual herb in the family Montiaceae, and is native to Western Australia, South Australia, and Victoria.
Description
It is a succulent, prostrate herb, with pink-white flowers. It flowers from August to November and grows on sandy soils in swampy depressions, flats, and sand dunes. The stems of the flowers (pedicels) are 0.5–2 mm long and spreading to reflexed in fruit. The bracts are leafy and alternate, the sepals are persistent and the 4 or 5 petals are white to pale-pink. There are 3 to 4 stamens and 3 stigmas 3 which are free to the base. The capsule is three valved and narrow-ovoid to elongate-cylindrical, and the seeds are black, shiny, and smooth and 0.7–1 mm in diameter.
Taxonomy
The species was first described as Calandrinia corrigioloides by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1863. The genus Calandrinia was discovered to be paraphyletic, and the Australasian species were moved to genus Rumicastrum in 2020.
References
- ^ Govaerts, R. et al. (2023) Plants of the World Online: Rumicastrum corrigioloides (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Carolin. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ "Calandrinia corrigioloides". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ APNI: Calandrinia corrigioloides F.Muell. ex Benth. Australian Plant Name Index.
- Australasian Virtual Herbarium - Occurrence data for Calandrinia corrigioloides
- SAFlora: Calandrinia corrigioloides. State Herbarium of South Australia, Government of South Australia.
- Bentham, G. (1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 175
- Hershkovitz, M.A. (2020). "Rumicastrum Ulbrich (Montiaceae): a beautiful name for the Australian calandrinias". Phytologia. 102: 116–123.
External links
Media related to Rumicastrum corrigioloides at Wikimedia Commons- Australasian Virtual Herbarium - Occurrence data for Calandrinia corrigioloides
- VicFlora: Calandrinia corrigioloides. Royal Botanic Gardens Foundation Victoria
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Rumicastrum corrigioloides | |
| Calandrinia corrigioloides |
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| Parakeelya corrigioloides | |