Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Blue Leschenaultia
Description
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Physical Description
Habit: Evergreen .
Flowers: Bloom Period: March. • Flower Color: medium blue
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 18-24" tall.
Biology
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Growth
Soil: Minimum pH: 5.6 • Maximum pH: 6.5
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade.
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Asteridae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Campanulanae
()
- Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
- Order:
Asterales
()
- Lindley, 1833
- Family:
Goodeniaceae
()
- R. Brown, 1810, nom. corr.
- Genus:
Lechenaultia
()
- R. Brown, 1810
- Specific epithet:
biloba
- Lindl.
- Botanical name: - Lechenaultia biloba Lindl.
- Specific epithet:
biloba
- Lindl.
- Genus:
Lechenaultia
(
- Family:
Goodeniaceae
(
- Order:
Asterales
(
- Superorder:
Campanulanae
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author : Lindl. Publication : Edwards's Botanical Register - Appendix to Vols 1-23: A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony 1839 (1 Dec. 1839)
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Lechenaultia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
L. biloba (Blue Leschenaultia)
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Further Reading
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- The Bradley bibliography; a guide to the literature of the woody plants of the world published before the beginning of the twentieth century; Cambridge, Riverside Press, 1911-18. url p. 847.
- The Gardeners' chronicle. 1841 London: published for the proprietors, 1841-1843. url p. 399, p. 433.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 15, 2007:
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5873232
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15509326
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:126689-3
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 126689-3
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 955463
