Hakea dohertyi
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| Kowmung hakea | |
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| Hakea dohertyi in the ANBG | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Hakea |
| Species: | H. dohertyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Hakea dohertyi Haegi[2] | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Hakea dohertyi, commonly known as the Kowmung hakea,[3] is a shrub endemic to a restricted locale in the Great Dividing Range in central New South Wales in Australia.
Hakea dohertyi is an upright, linear shrub growing to 3–6 m (9.8–20 ft) high. The smaller branches are covered with densely matted, silky hairs at flowering time. The leaves are straight, flexible and triangular in cross-section, 20 to 40 cm (7.9 to 15.7 in) long and about 2 mm (0.079 in) wide. The leaves are smooth with three longitudinal veins at an angle to the leaf blade ending in a sharp point. The solitary inflorescence consists of 4–6 cream-white flowers in a raceme in leaf axils. The smooth pedicel is cream-white and the style 3.8–4 mm (0.15–0.16 in) long. The woody oval shaped fruit have a short stalk and grow at an angle to the stem. The fruit are 2.3 to 2.8 cm (0.91 to 1.10 in) long and 1.2 to 2 cm (0.47 to 0.79 in) wide ending with an obscure beak.[4][5][6]
Taxonomy and naming
Kowmung hakea was first formally described by Laurence Haegi in 1999 and published in Flora of Australia. Hakea dohertyi is named after ecologist Michael Doherty who discovered the species.[2]