Adenanthos × cunninghamii Meisn. (1845:513)
Albany woollybush, Prostrate woollybush, boyur (Noongar)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
A natural hybrid between A. sericeus and A. cuneatus (Nelson, 1995:338; Walker et al., 2018).
Conservation Status
Rediscovered in 1973 by Charles Nelson (source) prior to hybrid status being established (Nelson, 1995:338; Walker et al., 2018; source).
Distribution
Albany district, Western Australia, Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Gilfillan, S. and Barrett, S. (2004). Draft interim recovery plan. Albany Woollybush Adenanthos x cunninghamii 2004-2009. Unpublished draft report. WA Department of Conservation and Land Management, Perth.
Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
Hopper, S.D., S. van Leeuwen, A.P. Brown and S.J. Patrick (1990). Western Australia’s Endangered Flora and other plants under consideration for declaration.
Marchant, N. G. and Keighery, G. J. (1979). Poorly collected and presumably rare vascular plants of Western Australia. Kings Park Research Notes No. 5. West Perth: Kings Park and Botanic Garden. 103 pp.
Nelson, Ernest Charles (1977). A taxonomic revision of the genus Adenanthos Proteaceae. Brunonia 1(3): 303-406. https://doi.org/10.1071/BRU9780303
Nelson, Ernest Charles. (1995). Adenanthos, pp. 318-342. In: McCarthy, Patrick (ed.). Flora of Australia Volume 16, Elaeagnaceae, Proteaceae 1. Melbourne: CSIRO Australia. xxi + 522 pp. [pp. 336-338]
Nge, F. J., Biffin, E., Thiele, K. R. and Waycott, M. (2021). Reticulate evolution, ancient chloroplast haplotypes, and rapid radiation of the Australian plant genus Adenanthos (Proteaceae). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8: 616741. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.616741
Rye, B. L. and Hopper, Stephen D. (1981). A Guide to Gazetted Rare Flora of Western Australia in Report No. 42, pp 1-211.
TSSC (Threatened Species Scientific Committee). (2005). [Advice to the Minister for the Environment and Heritage regarding Adenanthos cunninghamii (Albany Woollybush)]. Canberra: Department of the Environment.
Walker, E. (2002). Determining the hybrid status of Eucalyptus bennettiae and Adenanthos cunninghamii. Honours Thesis, Murdoch University.
Walker, E., McComb, J. and Byrne, M. (2018). Genetic and morphological evidence supports the hybrid status of Adenanthos cunninghamii (now Adenanthos × cunninghamii). South African Journal of Botany 118: 299-305. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2018.01.013
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