''Stylobasium australe'' is a species of shrub endemic to

Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...

. It was first described as ''Macrostigma australe'' in 1842 by

William Jackson Hooker Sir William Jackson Hooker (6 July 178512 August 1865) was an English botany, botanist and botanical illustrator, who became the first director of Kew Gardens, Kew when in 1841 it was recommended to be placed under state ownership as a botan ...

, and reassessed in 1965 as ''Stylobasium'' by

Ghillean Prance Sir Ghillean Tolmie Prance (born 13 July 1937) is a prominent British botanist and ecologist who has published extensively on the taxonomy of families such as Chrysobalanaceae and Lecythidaceae, but drew particular attention in documenting th ...

.Prance, G. (1965), ''Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'Etat a Bruxelles'' 35: 436

Description

''Stylobasium australe'' is a perennial shrub that grows up to 2m high.Falster, Gallagher et al. (2021) AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora. Scientific Data 8: 254, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2893552#, Atlas of Living Australia It has simple leaves with entire margins and flowers from May to October. The flowers are

dichogamous Sequential hermaphroditism (called dichogamy in botany) is one of the two types of hermaphroditism, the other type being simultaneous hermaphroditism. It occurs when the organism's sex changes at some point in its life. A sequential hermaphrodite ...

, with the male stamens developing first and dehiscing before the female stigma develops (protandry). New plants can grow from root suckers.

References

Surianaceae Endemic flora of Western Australia Plants described in 1842 {{Rosid-stub