Byblis guehoi

Byblis guehoi is a carnivorous Regenbogenpflanzenart from the family of Rainbow plants plants ( Byblidaceae ). It was first described in 2008 by Allen Lowrie & John Godfrey Conran, making it the youngest known species of the genus. It belongs to the year, northern Australia Byblisarten, which are summarized in the " B. liniflora complex".

Features

Byblis guehoi is an annual, weak branches to fast-growing, herbaceous plant that reaches a height of up to 10 centimeters and a diameter of 20 to 30 centimeters.

The one to several, prostrate, green to bronze main shoots spring from a common root system that can reach a length of 15 to 18 centimeters and a thickness of 2 to 3.5 millimeters. Each lateral branch terminates in terminally dense leafy shoots that reach a length of 6 to 8 centimeters. Shoot axis, leaves and flower stalks are held throughout the length tight all around with long and short translucent glandular hairs that give a diffuse glow of the plant in full sunlight.

The blade tip to the tapered leaves are filiform, in cross-section elliptical, 2.5 to 3.3 inches long, about 1 mm wide and 0.5 mm thick at the base.

The upright to nearly upright inflorescences bear terminal flowers which grow from the axils of the leaves of the lateral shoots, reach a length from 3.5 to 8 centimeters and a diameter of 1 to 1.5 millimeters.

The five sepals are green, lanceolate, tapering to a point and the outside covered with glands. They reach a length of 4.5 to 6 millimeters and are broad at the base from 0.8 to 1 millimeter. The five reverse- egg-shaped petals are on the front light purple with darker weak, fan-shaped Vein, on the back white, 9-12 mm long and 7-12 mm wide. The petals are entire, cut and perforated only on the outer edge. The diameter of the single flower varies with the growth conditions, with ideal moisture it can be up to 20 millimeters, with the dry season they are much smaller, to only around 7 millimeters in diameter.

The parallel to each other stamens are 4-6 millimeters long and give the pollen at the same time free. The stamens are purple and 1.5 to 2 millimeters long, the longitudinal abutting, yellow anthers 3.5 to 4 millimeters long, the pollen is yellow. The stylus is light purple, with a length of 4.5 to 5 millimeters longer than the stamens and bends away beneath the dust bag. Toward the end, he is widened, the scar is dark purple. The ovary is green, round and has a diameter of 1 to 1.5 millimeters.

The sparse with glandular capsule is broadly inversely - ovate, 3-4 mm long and 4-5 mm wide. The black, glossy, ovate to elliptic seeds have a honeycomb relief are 0.7 to 0.8 mm long and 0.5 to 0.6 millimeters wide.

Byblis guehoi is tetraploid, the chromosome number is 2n = 32

Dissemination

The species is currently known only from a single location in the Kimberley Mountains of Western Australia, where she is, however, frequently. It is found associated with low-growing Tussockgräsern between which represent sandy vacancies habitats of Byblis guehoi and surrounded by Acacia tumida, tetrodonta Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus miniata and Corymbia bella. The soils of the sites consist of sand and Lehmsilt, are extremely low in nutrients and can hardly hold water, so they dry at the end of the rainy season very quickly.

Botanical history

Byblis guehoi was discovered by Russ Gueho ( a biologist, nature photographer and teacher) and Allen Lowrie in 2004 and first described in 2008 by Allen Lowrie with John Godfrey Conran. The Style epithet honors the discoverer, the correct pronunciation is " go -jo -i".

Evidence

• Allen Lowrie, John G. Conran: Byblis guehoi ( Byblidaceae ), a new species from the Kimberley, Western Australia. In: Telopea. 12:1, 2008, pp. 23-29

• Rainbow plants plants
• Byblidaceae
• Insect-eating plant