Biology:Calytrix platycheiridia

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Calytrix platycheiridia

Priority Two — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Calytrix
Species:
C. platycheiridia
Binomial name
Calytrix platycheiridia
Craven

Calytrix platycheiridia is a species of plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae that is endemic to Western Australia.[1]

The shrub typically grows to a height of 0.2 to 0.45 metres (0.7 to 1.5 ft). It usually blooms in October producing yellow-cream star-shaped flowers.[1]

Found on low ridges in a small area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia near Coorow where it grows on sandy soils.

The species was first formally described by the botanist Lyndley Craven in 1987 in the article A taxonomic revision of Calytrix Labill. (Myrtaceae) in the journal Brunonia.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15396731 entry