Biology:Calothamnus schaueri

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Calothamnus schaueri
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Calothamnus
Species:
C. schaueri
Binomial name
Calothamnus schaueri
Lehm.
Synonyms

Melaleuca schaueri (Lehm.) Craven & R.D.Edwards

Calothamnus schaueri is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a small, spreading, sometimes prostrate shrub, growing to a height of about 0.6 metres (2 ft) with cylindrical leaves 100–200 millimetres (4–8 in) long. It has brownish red flowers from August to December.[1][2] The flowers have 4 petals and 4 narrow bundles of stamens. (In 2014 Craven, Edwards and Cowley proposed that the species be renamed Melaleuca planifolia.)[3]

Calothamnus schaueri was first formally described by Johann Lehmmann in 1842 in Delectus Seminum quae in Horto Hamburgensium botanico e collectione.[4] The specific epithet (schaueri) honours Johannes Schauer.

Calothamnus schaueri occurs near Albany in the Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Warren biogeographic regions[1] where it grows in swamps near granite outcrops.[5]

Calothamnus schaueri is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian government department of parks and wildlife.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Calothamnus schaueri". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/5424. 
  2. Hawkeswood, Trevor J. (1984). "Nine new species of Calothamnus Labill. (Myrtaceae: Leptospermoideae) from Western Australia". Nuytsia 5 (1): 124–125. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/science/nuytsia/99.pdf. Retrieved 4 August 2015. 
  3. Craven, Lyn A.; Edwards, Robert D.; Cowley, Kirsten J. (30 June 2014). "New combinations and names in Melaleuca (Myrtaceae)". Taxon 63 (3): 667. doi:10.12705/633.38. 
  4. "Calothamnus planifolius". APNI. https://biodiversity.org.au/boa/instance/apni/527818. Retrieved 4 August 2015. 
  5. Paczkowska, Grazyna; Chapman, Alex R. (2000). The Western Australian flora : a descriptive catalogue. Perth: Wildflower Society of Western Australia. p. 351. ISBN 0646402439. 

Wikidata ☰ Q15394942 entry