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Species profile—Daviesia quoquoversus

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Species details

Kingdom
Plantae (plants)
Class
Equisetopsida (land plants)
Family
Leguminosae
Scientific name
Daviesia quoquoversus Crisp
WildNet taxon ID
8899
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Vulnerable
Conservation significant
Yes
Confidential
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
Short Notes
BRI 182058, status annotated by author
Description
Daviesia quoquoversus is a spreading shrub growing to 2 m high. The branchlets are arching, terete, hispid and ribbed. The phyllodes are spirally arranged along a branchlet. The green phyllodes are divaricate or reclinate, ovate, broad-ovate or cordiform in shape, long-acuminate and pungent at the apex, cordate or truncate at the base, 6 to 9 mm long and 4 to 11 mm wide and green. The mid-rib on the upper phyllode surface is prominent. The venation on the phyllodes is reticulate and usually conspicuous.
The inflorescences occur as racemes with 1 to 2 per axil. The bracts are ascending, broad-to very broad-obovate, with the uppermost bracts 0.3 to 0.5mm long and 0.3 to 0.6 mm broad. The pedicels are 3.1 to 6.2mm long. The flowers are of a typical pea form with a large petal at the back (the standard), two smaller lateral petals (wings) and two inner petals fused together to form the keel, and are 3.1 to 6.2 mm long. The green calyx is 2.8 to 3.1 mm long. The petals are yellow with red markings. The standard is shaped like an ellipse, 5.8 to 6.0 mm by 6.0 to 6.2 mm. The wings are 5.5 to 5.8 mm long by 2.3 to 2.5 mm wide. The sickle shaped keel at the base of the flower is 5.8 to 6.0mm long by 1.4 to 1.5 mm wide. The seed pods are flat, roughly triangular in shape and 9 to 10 mm long by 6 to 7 mm wide (Crisp, 1990; Barker, 1999)
Daviesia quoquoversus appears to be closely related to D. villifera, with which it shares a distinctive beaked, falcate keel-petal. However, D. villifera differs in bearing a hispid indumentum of straight hairs which are usually abundant all over the vegetative parts, including the lamina of the phyllode. Daviesia squarrosa and D. nova-anglica, although possessing a different shaped keel, have a glabrous phyllode lamina, like that of D. quoquoversus. In those species, however, the hairs are straight, quite unlike the bent and twisted hairs of D. quoquoversus (Crisp, 1990; Barker, 199).
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Distribution
Daviesia quoquoversus is restricted to south-east Queensland where it is only found on Blackdown Tableland, south of Dingo. The species is conserved within Blackdown Tableland National Park (Queensland Herbarium, 2012).
Distributional limits
-23.7747222, 149.0516666
-28.6102778, 151.2169445
Range derivation
Range derived from extent of the taxon's verified records
Habitat
Daviesia quoquoversus occurs in open forest on sandy soil derived from sandstone. It has been recorded with Corymbia peltata, C. polycarpa, Eucalyptus baileyana and sclerophyllous shrubs and grasses (Banksia, Ricinocarpos and spinifex grasses) (Queensland Herbarium, 2012).
Reproduction
Little is known about the biology and ecology of this species. It flowers from July to September and its fruiting period is from September (Queensland Herbarium, 2012).
Threatening processes
There are no current threatening processes for Daviesia quoquoversus. Current possible threatening processes include inappropriate fire regimes and disturbance of habitat by weeds (e.g. lantana) (Barker, 1995).
Status notes
Daviesia quoquoversus is listed as Vulnerable under the Queensland Nature Conservation Act 1992.
Management recommendations
Management recommendations for Daviesia quoquoversus include: fire management to maintain intervals between fires longer than the minimum age at which the plants set seed, and; control or eradicate weeds, particularly lantana on sites where D. quoquoversus occurs (Barker, 1995).
Notes
Occurs in the following Queensland pastoral district: Leichhardt.
References
Barker, M. (1995). Daviesia quoquoversus Species Management Profile, Department of Natural Resources, Queensland.
Crisp, M.D. (1990). Contributions to a revision of Daviesia Smith (Fabaceae: Mirbelieae): I. The D. squarrosa group. Australian Systematic Botany 3 (2): 249.
Queensland Herbarium (2012). Specimen label information, in BriMapper version 3.5.3. Queensland Herbarium. Accessed 24/02/2012.
Profile author
Lynise Wearne (29/03/2012)

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This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=8899.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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20 May 2024