Luehman's Bluebush
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Regional Species Conservation Assessments per IBRA subregion.
Least concern
Near threatened
Rare
Vulnerable
Endangered
Critically endangered
Extinct
Data deficient
Adelaide
Arkaroola
Ceduna
Coober Pedy
Hawker
Innamincka
Marla
Marree
Mount Gambier
Oodnadatta
Renmark
Wudinna
Keith
Yunta
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Witjira (STP06) | Stony Plains | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU D2) [localised around Dalhousie & mound springs; southern outliers, Northern Ter sp. Very little known] |
Mann-Musgrave Block (CER01) | Central Ranges | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU D2) [southern outliers, Northern Territory sp. Very little known] |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock paintings: 2
Prior names
Bassia luehmannii
Common names
Luehman's Bluebush
Distribution and status
Herbarium region: Lake Eyre
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)
Location | No. of seeds (weight grams) | Number of plants | Date collected | Collection number Collection location | Date stored | % Viability | Storage temperature | BGA | 9,500 (57.72 g) | | 1-Sep-2015 | DJD3149 Lake Eyre | 2-May-2017 | 95% | +5°C, -18°C, -80°C |
Location: BGA — the seeds are stored at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, MSB — the seeds are stored at the Millennium Seed Bank, Kew, England.
Number of plants: This is the number of plants from which the seeds were collected.
Collection location: The Herbarium of South Australia's region name.
% Viability: Percentage of filled healthy seeds determined by a cut test or x-ray.
Germination table:
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Date | Result | T0 | T50 | Pre-treatment | Germination medium | Incubator: Photoperiod / Thermoperiod |
Jul-16 | 52% | 7 | 35 |
500 mg/L gibberellic acid 24 h; 1% agar; Incubated under spring/autumn conditions |
Jul-16 | 52% | 14 | 35 |
1% agar; Incubated under spring/autumn conditions |
Jul-16 | 0% | NA | NA |
leached in water 72 h; 1% agar; Incubated under spring/autumn conditions |
Result: Maximum percentage of germination observed.
T0: Number of days before first germinant observed.
T50: Number of days to achieve 50% germination.
Pre-treatment: The initial treatment that the seeds received prior to placement on germination media.
Germination medium: The substrate that seeds were placed on for the duration of the germination experiment.
Incubator conditions:
Photoperiod: The duration of light exposure that the seeds were subject to during a 24 hour period.
Thermoperiod: The constant or diurnal temperatures that seeds were subject to during a 24 hour period.
Winter conditions: 15°C 20 h (3am→11pm); 5°C 4 h (11pm→3am) / 10 h light (8am→6pm); 14 h dark (6pm→8am)
Spring/Autumn conditions: 22°C 12 h (8am→8pm); 10°C 12 h (8pm→8am) / 12 h light (8am→8pm); 12 h dark (8pm→8am)
Summer conditions: 30°C 14 h (6am→8pm); 15°C 10 h (8pm→6am) / 14 h light (6am→8pm); 10 h dark (8pm→6am)