List of endangered flora of the Mallee region
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This is a list of endangered flora of the Mallee
region, a biogeographic
region in southern Western Australia
. It includes all taxa that occur in the region, and have been classified as "R: Declared Rare Flora - Extant Taxa" under the Department of Environment and Conservation's Declared Rare and Priority Flora List, and are hence gazetted as endangered extant flora under the Wildlife Conservation Act 1950
.
There are no taxa classified as "X: Declared Rare Flora - Presumed Extinct Taxa" for the region.
There are 50 endangered taxa:
Mallee (biogeographic region)
Mallee, also known as Roe Botanical District, is a biogeographic region in southern Western Australia. Located between the Esperance Plains, Avon Wheatbelt and Coolgardie regions, it has a low, gently undulating topography, a semi-arid mediterranean climate, and extensive Eucalyptus mallee...
region, a biogeographic
Biogeography
Biogeography is the study of the distribution of species , organisms, and ecosystems in space and through geological time. Organisms and biological communities vary in a highly regular fashion along geographic gradients of latitude, elevation, isolation and habitat area...
region in southern Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
. It includes all taxa that occur in the region, and have been classified as "R: Declared Rare Flora - Extant Taxa" under the Department of Environment and Conservation's Declared Rare and Priority Flora List, and are hence gazetted as endangered extant flora under the Wildlife Conservation Act 1950
Wildlife Conservation Act 1950
The Wildlife Conservation Act 1950 is an act of the Western Australian Parliament that provides the statute relating to conservation and legal protection of flora and fauna....
.
There are no taxa classified as "X: Declared Rare Flora - Presumed Extinct Taxa" for the region.
There are 50 endangered taxa:
- Acacia auratiflora
- Acacia caesariata
- Acacia depressa
- Acacia lanuginophylla
- Acacia leptalea
- Acacia trulliformis
- Adenanthos eyreiAdenanthos eyreiAdenanthos eyrei is a species of shrub in the family Proteaceae. Restricted to a single cliff-top dune system on the remote south coast of Western Australia, it is listed as rare and endangered. It was discovered by E...
(Toolinna Adenanthos) - Adenanthos pungens subsp. pungens
- Allocasuarina tortiramula (Twisted Sheoak)
- Anigozanthos bicolor subsp. minor
- Banksia sphaerocarpa var. dolichostylaBanksia sphaerocarpa var. dolichostylaBanksia sphaerocarpa var. dolichostyla, commonly known as Ironcap Banksia, is a plant which is either considered a variety of Banksia sphaerocarpa, or as a species in its own right. It is native to the Southwest Botanical Province of Western Australia...
(Ironcap Banksia) - Boronia capitata subsp. capitata
- Boronia revoluta (Ironcaps Boronia)
- Caladenia bryceana subsp. bryceana
- Caladenia drakeoides
- Caladenia graniticola
- Caladenia melanema
- Calectasia pignattiana
- Conostylis lepidospermoides (Sedge Conostylis)
- Conostylis rogeri
- Drummondita longifolia
- Dryandra pseudoplumosa
- Eremophila lacteaEremophila lacteaEremophila lactea is a crititically endangered plant species which is indigenous to Western Australia.-Description:...
- Eremophila niveaEremophila niveaEremophila nivea , also known as Silky Eremophila, is a shrub which is native to Western Australia.-Description:It is a whitish-grey tomentose shrub that grows to between 1 and 2 metres in height and has blue, purple, or violet flowers between late winter and mid spring .-Taxonomy:The first...
(Silky Eremophila) - Eremophila verticillata (Whorled Eremophila)
- Eucalyptus merrickiae (Goblet Mallee)
- Eucalyptus steedmanii (Steedman's Gum)
- Goodenia integerrima
- Grevillea involucrataGrevillea involucrataGrevillea involucrata, also known as Lake Varley Grevillea, is a low-growing shrub which is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia...
(Lake Varley Grevillea) - Grevillea scapigeraGrevillea scapigeraGrevillea scapigera, commonly known as Corrigin grevillea, is a small shrub which is endemic to the wheatbelt in Western Australia....
- Hibbertia priceana
- Lechenaultia laricina (Scarlet Leschenaultia)
- Muehlenbeckia horrida subsp. abditaMuehlenbeckia horrida subsp. abditaMuehlenbeckia horrida subsp. abdita, commonly known as Remote Thorny Lignum, is a critically endangered shrub endemic to Western Australia.-Description:...
- Myoporum cordifolium
- Myoporum turbinatum (Salt Myoporum)
- Orthrosanthus muelleri
- Ptilotus fasciculatus
- Rhizanthella gardneriRhizanthella gardneriRhizanthella gardneri, also known as Western Underground Orchid, is a plant in the orchid family, discovered in the spring of 1928 in the wheatbelt of Western Australia....
(Underground Orchid) - Ricinocarpos trichophorus
- Roycea pycnophylloides (Saltmat)
- Sphenotoma drummondii (Mountain Paper-heath)
- Stachystemon vinosus
- Symonanthus bancroftii
- Tetratheca aphylla (Bungalbin Tetratheca)
- Thelymitra psammophila (Sandplain Sun Orchid)
- Thelymitra stellata (Star Sun Orchid)
- Tribonanthes purpurea (Granite Pink)
- Verticordia crebraVerticordia crebraVerticordia crebra is a woody shrub found in Western Australia....
- Verticordia staminosa var. cylindracea
- Verticordia staminosa var. erecta