Bertya lapicola Halford & R.J.F.Hend.

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Euphorbiaceae > Bertya

Characteristics

Shrub to 2 m high, thinly viscid on most parts; young branchlets glabrous. Leaves alternate, linear, 15–55 mm long, 1.3–1.9 mm wide; base obtuse; margin recurved to midrib concealing abaxial surface; apex straight, acute, apiculate; adaxial surface glabrous, ± smooth. Inflorescences on peduncles 1–6 mm long. Male flowers: androecium 2.8–6 mm long; stamens 55–80. Female flowers on pedicels 2.8–4 mm long; calyx lobes linear-ovate or linear-oblong, 1.8–5.5 mm long, glabrous abaxially, with margins entire; ovary glabrous, verrucose. Fruit narrowly ovoid or pyriform, 8.5–12 mm long, glabrous, usually 1-seeded; persistent calyx half the fruit length or less.
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Distribution

Bertya lapicola world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20008298-1
WFO ID wfo-0000341086
COL ID LMYX
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Synonyms

Bertya lapicola

Lower taxons

Bertya lapicola subsp. lapicola Bertya lapicola subsp. brevifolia