Isopogon buxifolius

Isopogon buxifolius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Isopogon
Species: I. buxifolius
Binomial name
Isopogon buxifolius
R.Br.
Synonyms

Atylus buxifolius (R.Br.) Kuntze

Isopogon buxifolius is a small shrub that is endemic to the south coast of Western Australia in the vicinity of Albany.[1]

Description

Isopogon buxifolius grows as a shrub with an erect habit, ranging from 0.3 to 1.7 m high.[1]

Taxonomy

Isopogon buxifolius was first described by Robert Brown in 1810.[2] In 1891, German botanist Otto Kuntze published Revisio generum plantarum, his response to what he perceived as a lack of method in existing nomenclatural practice.[3] Because Isopogon was based on Isopogon anemonifolius,[4] and that species had already been placed by Richard Salisbury in the segregate genus Atylus in 1807,[5] Kuntze revived the latter genus on the grounds of priority, and made the new combination Atylus buxifolius for this species.[6] However, Kuntze's revisionary program was not accepted by the majority of botanists.[3] Ultimately, the genus Isopogon was nomenclaturally conserved over Atylus by the International Botanical Congress of 1905.[7]

Distribution and habitat

Isopogon buxifolius is found on sandplains, where it grows on sand, gravelly or clay soils in depressions with excess moisture.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Isopogon buxifolius". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia.
  2. ↑ Brown, Robert (1810). "On the Proteaceae of Jussieu". Transactions of the Linnaean Society 10: 73.
  3. 1 2 Erickson, Robert F. "Kuntze, Otto (1843–1907)". Botanicus.org. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  4. ↑ Knight, Joseph (1809). On the Cultivation of the Plants Belonging to the Natural Order of Proteeae. London, United Kingdom: W. Savage. p. 94.
  5. ↑ Hooker, William (1805). The Paradisus Londinensis 1. London, United Kingdom: D. N. Shury.
  6. ↑ Kuntze, Otto (1891). Revisio generum plantarum:vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Leipzig, Germany: A. Felix. p. 578.
  7. ↑ "Congrès international de Botanique de Vienne". Bulletin de la Société botanique de France 52: LIII. 1905.


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