Dodonaea ericoides
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| Dodonaea ericoides | |
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| Along the road to Jurien Bay | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Genus: | Dodonaea |
| Species: | D. ericoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Dodonaea ericoides | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Dodonaea cryptandroides Diels | |
Dodonaea ericoides is a species of plant in the family Sapindaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with simple, usually linear leaves arranged in opposite pairs and with the edges turned strongly down, flowers arranged singly with eight stamens, and four-angled capsules with lobe-like appendages.
Dodonaea ericoides is an erect, dioecious shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 80 cm (31 in). Its leaves are usually linear, 2–15 mm (0.079–0.591 in) long and 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) wide with the edges strongly turned down, sometimes with two to four lobes or teeth near the ends. The flowers are borne singly on a pedicel 0.5–2 mm (0.020–0.079 in) long, with four egg-shaped sepals 2.5–5.5 mm (0.098–0.217 in) long, eight stamens and an ovary covered with soft hairs. Flowering occurs from March to June, and the fruit is a four-angled, more or less round or broadly egg-shaped capsule, 4–9 mm (0.16–0.35 in) long, 5–8 mm (0.20–0.31 in) wide, with crusty, lobe-like appendages 0.5–1 mm (0.020–0.039 in) wide.[2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
Dodonaea ericoides was first formally described in 1845 by Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel in the Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae from specimens collected in the inland of Western Australia.[4][5] The specific epithet (ericoides) means 'Erica-like'.[6]