Macropidia ( lat. Macropidia ) is a monotypic genus of herbaceous plants of the Hemodoric family ( lat. Haemodoraceae ), represented by the only species - Macropidia dark brown ( lat. Macropidia fuliginosa ). It grows in the south-west of Australia , from Perth in the south to Heraldton in the north [2] [3] .
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 Macropidia dark brown | |||||||||||||||||||
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Macropidia J. Drumm. ex Harv. , 1855 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Macropidia fuliginosa ( hook. ) Druce | |||||||||||||||||||
Botanical Description
Sooty Anigozanthos, now known as Macropidia fuliginosa - Botanical Magazine, No. 4317.
Evergreen herbaceous plant 0.2-1.8 meters high.
The leaves are vertical, green-yellow, growing from a rhizome , which helps the plant tolerate drought and fires .
Flowers appear in spring and summer on a vertical, forked stem , about a meter high.
Black, short hairs grow throughout the stem and flowers [4] .
Pollinated by birds [5] :
- Needler honey
- Lichenostomus virescens
- Lichmera indistincta
- Glyciphila melanops
- Phylidonyris niger
- Anthochaera carunculata
Notes
- ↑ For the conventionality of indicating the class of monocotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Monocotyledonous article .
- ↑ Kangaroo Paws Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 2007-09-29 .
- ↑ Macropidia fuliginosa (Hook.) Druce Retrieved 2007-09-30 .
- ↑ Macropidia fuliginosa Archived on September 2, 2007. Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants (ASGAP), 2006-02-20 . Retrieved 2007-09-29 .
- ↑ Black kangaroo paw Department of Agriculture, Western Australia. Retrieved 2007-09-29 .
Links
- Macropidia fuliginosa (English) : information on the GRIN website. (eng.)