Hakea megadenia
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Etymology:
The genus is named after Baron Christian Ludwig von Hake, an 18th-century German patron of botany
The specific epithet (megadenia) is derived from the ancient Greek mega meaning "large" and aden, adenos meaning "gland", referring to the long gland in this species
Flowers:
The inflorescence on female plants has 1-8 flowers and the male 3-14 flowers
The overlapping bracts 1.5–2 mm long, the inflorescence stalk 1–3 mm long hairy and rust coloured
The pedicel 2–5 mm long with white flattened dense silky hairs extending to the whitish 3–5 mm long perianth
The white to cream flowers appear in leaf axils from February to July
Fruit:
The fruit are "S" shaped, 1.8–2.5 cm long and 0.9–1.2 cm wide
Leaves:
The dull green leaves are needle-shaped or flattened 3–13 cm long and 1–2 mm wide ending in a sharp point
Stem & branches:
The branchlets are covered densely in flattened hairs
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Habit:
An upright bushy spreading shrub or small tree 2–5 m high
Habitat:
Lower altitudes in coastal areas, river bushland or drier forest
On the islands it grows at higher altitudes with longer leaves and perianth and larger fruit
Distribution:
Endemic to an area along the east coast of Tasmania and the Furneaux Island group off the coast of Tasmania
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Taxonomy
Hakea megadenia was first formally described in 1991 by R.M.Barker and published in Aspects of Tasmanian Botany - a tribute to Winifred Curtis
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