Family: Myrtaceae
Thryptomene longifolia
Citation:
J. Green, sp. nov.
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: None
Description:
Shrub to 2 m high; leaves linear, subcylindrical, 3-4 mm long, entire, uncinate-tipped, recurved mucro c. 1.5 mm long; petiole flat, c. 1 mm long.
Inflorescences 1-3-flowered, in sparse clusters; peduncle c. 1 mm long; hypanthium narrowly obconical, c. 1.5 mm long, bearing 5 longitudinal ribs opposite the sepals; sepals 5-8, orbicular, c. 1 mm long, inserted irregularly below the rim, pink; petals 5-8, broadly elliptical, c. 1 mm long, pink; stamens 5-8; connective gland globular, as large as the loculi, ovules 2, lateral.
Fruit enlarged after anthesis, turbinate, c. 3 mm long, scarcely pedicellate, bearing persistent sepals, 2 to several of which may at maturity be borne well below the usual position at the rim, occasionally near the base. seed 1.
Distribution:
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Red sand dunes.
S.Aust.: NW.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: May.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Taxonomic notes:
The leaves closely resemble those of the W.Aust. wheatbelt endemic T. kochii which has the same number of stamens and ovules but completely different hypanthium and fruit. The relationship of these two species forms a remarkable parallel with that between T. biseriata and T. urceolaris.
Author:
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