Ptilotus pedleyanus

Ptilotus pedleyanus
In the Australian National Botanic Gardens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Ptilotus
Species:
P. pedleyanus
Binomial name
Ptilotus pedleyanus
Synonyms[1]
  • Ptilotus pedleyanus var. comosus Benl & H.Eichler
  • Ptilotus pedleyanus Benl & H.Eichler var. pedleyanus

Ptilotus pedleyanus is a flowering of the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to Queensland, Australia. It was first formally described in 1982 by Gerhard Benll and Hansjörg Eichler in the journal Brunonia from specimens collected on the edge of a scarp north-east of Barcaldine in 1975].[2] The specific epithet (pedleyanus) honours Leslie Pedley, "Assistant Director of the Queensland Herbarium"', who supplied the authors with Ptilotus material.[3]

Ptilotus pedleyanus grows on breakaways, and other stony hills between Winton, Aramac and Quilpie with Acacia catenulata and species of Eremophila.[4]

Ptilotus pedleyanus is listed as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Ptilotus pedleyanus". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
  2. ^ "Ptilotus pedleyanus". APNI. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
  3. ^ Kodela, Phillip G. "Ptilotus pedleyanus". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
  4. ^ Bean, Anthony E. (2008). "A synopsis of Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae) in eastern Australia. Telopea". Telopea. 12 (2): 244. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
  5. ^ "Taxon - Ptilotus pedleyanus". Queensland Government WildNet. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
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