Accession Data

Centrolepis strigosa

Common Name: Hairy Centrolepis

Family: Centrolepidaceae

Country of Origin: Australia

Description: The 'flowers' of Centrolepis, once thought to be bisexual, are now considered to be reduced inflorescences or "pseudanthia", cymose structures consisting of one (sometimes two) male flowers and two to many female flowers, all flowers being reduced to either one stamen or one carpel.

Accession Data

Accession #: 200900002

Accession Date: 2009-02-18 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2309

Quantity: 3

Source: ?? ex Sydney 1991 Index Seminum #12

Provenance:

Sydney 1991 Index Seminum #12
Spence Road, between Government Road and Judd St, Berkshire Park, NSW, Australia

Culture: Plant in bog mix, pot sitting in water.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: commelinids

Order: Poales

Family: Centrolepidaceae

Tribe: Centrolepideae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009

References

  1. Flowering Plant of the World, V. H. Heywoood, 1993. ISBN 0-19-521037-9
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, May 08, 2018.
  3. WCSP (2017). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Tuesday, May 08, 2018.

Images

Centrolepis strigosa