Opercularia vaginata
Species of flowering plant
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Opercularia vaginata (dogweed) is a species of plant within the genus Opercularia, in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia.[4]
| Opercularia vaginata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Opercularia |
| Species: | O. vaginata |
| Binomial name | |
| Opercularia vaginata | |
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| Synonyms[3] | |
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Opercularia multicaulis Bartl. | |
Description
Distribution
It is found in Beard's provinces of Eremaean Province and the South-West Province, or the later classification of IBRA regions of Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie (biogeographic region), Esperance Plains, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee (biogeographic region), Murchison (biogeographic region), Swan Coastal Plain, Warren and Yalgoo (biogeographic region).[5]
Taxonomy
It was first described by Jacques Labillardiere in 1804 as Opercularia vaginata in de Jussieu's Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle.[1][2]