Kippistia

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Kippistia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Astereae
Subtribe: Brachyscominae
Genus: Kippistia
F.Muell. 1858 not Miers 1872 (Celastraceae)[1]
Species:
K. suaedifolia
Binomial name
Kippistia suaedifolia
Map showing the distribution of Kippistia suaedifolia across the Australian continent (Atlas of Living Australia, 2023).
Synonyms[2]
  • Minuria suaedifolia (F.Muell.) Bailey
  • Theropogon suaedifolia (F.Muell.) Kuntze

Kippistia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[3][4] The name commemorates Richard Kippist, librarian to the Linnean Society.[5]

There is only one known species, Kippistia suaedifolia, native to Australia. It is found in every state and territory in the country except Tasmania.[2][6][7]

Description[edit]

Kippistia suaedifolia is small shrub to growing 60cm. It is dense with many wiry branches. Leaves are succulent and without hair, from 0.2cm to 2.5cm long, straight and sometimes cylindrical with a curved point at the tip. The single yellow bell-shaped flowers at the ends of stems, as other daisy flowers, are made up of disc florets and ray florets. The achenes or fruit of the ray florets have hairs at the base, those of the disc florets do not. [8][9][10]

Taxonomy[edit]

Although Kippistia is currently considered a monotypic taxon, in 1872, John Miers used the same name to describe some South American plants in the Celastraceae. Miers was aware that Ferdinand von Mueller had already applied the name to some very different Australian plants.[11] Therefore, Miers' names needed to be changed:

Distribution[edit]

The species is widespread across South Australia and Inland in Western Australia from central regions to the South.[12][13] In Victoria north from Dimboola and chiefly to the West of Salt Lake. In the Northern Territory south of Alice Springs [14] and to the south and west of Mount Windsor Station in Queensland.[15] In New South Wales to the West and North-West of Weelah Forest (Condobolan area). There are also several records near Conoble in the Ivanhoe Distsrict.[16][17]

Ecology[edit]

Kippistia suaedifolia flowers from August to November and is usually fairly abundant in the populations where it is found.[18] The species is generally found around salt lakes and in depressions on gypsum and on gypsum outcrops.[19] K. suaedifolia is thought to be an obligate Gypsophile, favouring sites with high purity of gypsum deposits over sites where the quality of the gypsum is considered poor.[20][21]  

Uses[edit]

Essential oils distilled from K. suaedifolia are perillyl acetate and limonene. Perillyl acetate is used in food flavouring and the perfume industry.[22] Limonene is also used as flavouring and in the perfume industry. It is also used in cosmetics [23]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Tropicos search for Kippistia
  2. ^ a b "Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist". Archived from the original on 2014-12-11. Retrieved 2014-12-11.
  3. ^ Mueller, Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von. 1858. Report on the Plants collected during Mr. Babbage's Expedition 12
  4. ^ Tropicos, Kippistia F.Muell.
  5. ^ "Kippist, Richard (1812 - 1882)". Collectors & Illustrators. Australian National Herbarium.
  6. ^ Atlas of Living Australia
  7. ^ The Plant List Kippistia suaedifolia F.Muell
  8. ^ "Factsheet - Kippistia suaedifolia". keys.lucidcentral.org. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  9. ^ "PlantNET - FloraOnline". plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  10. ^ "Fleshy Minuria - profile | NSW Environment, Energy and Science". www.environment.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  11. ^ Miers, John. 1872. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 28: 416- 419 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
  12. ^ Western Australian Herbarium, Biodiversity and Conservation Science. "Florabase—the Western Australian Flora". florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  13. ^ "Fact sheet for Kippistia suaedifolia". flora.sa.gov.au. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  14. ^ Australia, Atlas of Living. "Species: Kippistia suaedifolia (Fleshy Minuria)". bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  15. ^ "Record: Herbrecs:BRI AQ0855843 | Occurrence record | Atlas of Living Australia". biocache.ala.org.au. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  16. ^ "PlantNET - FloraOnline". plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  17. ^ "Record: BioNet Atlas of NSW Wildlife:SWB107-1-25 | Occurrence record | Atlas of Living Australia". biocache.ala.org.au. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  18. ^ "Fleshy Minuria - profile | NSW Environment, Energy and Science". www.environment.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  19. ^ "PlantNET - FloraOnline". plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  20. ^ Symon, David E. (2007). "Lists of gypsophilous plants from southern Australia". Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Garden. 21: 45–54. ISSN 0313-4083.
  21. ^ "Australian Rangeland Society, 15th Biennial Conference, Charters Towers Queensland, Australia, Sunday 28 September - Thursday 2 October 2008. | Rangelands Gateway". rangelandsgateway.org. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  22. ^ Brophy, Joseph J.; Flynn, Terence M.; Lassak, Erich V.; Pickard, John (1982-01-01). "The volatile herb oil of Kippistia suaedifolia". Phytochemistry. 21 (3): 812–814. doi:10.1016/0031-9422(82)83205-6. ISSN 0031-9422.
  23. ^ Erasto, Paul; Viljoen, Alvaro M. (July 2008). "Limonene - a Review: Biosynthetic, Ecological and Pharmacological Relevance". Natural Product Communications. 3 (7): 1934578X0800300. doi:10.1177/1934578X0800300728. ISSN 1934-578X.
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