Brachyscias

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Template:Short description Template:Use Australian English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Speciesbox Brachyscias is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae. Its only species is Brachyscias verecundus (common name - ironstone brachyscias[1]), described in 1999, from Southwest Australia.[2]

Conservation status

It is listed as critically endangered under the Australian government's Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999,[1] due to there being just one confirmed population and extreme fluctuations in the number of mature individuals, together with a continuing decline in the habitat quality. Threats include "firebreak maintenance activities, lack of appropriate disturbance, inappropriate fire regimes, mineral exploration, hydrological changes, weed invasion and rabbits".[3]

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