Biology:Homoranthus flavescens
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Homoranthus |
| Species: | H. flavescens
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| Homoranthus flavescens A.Cunn. ex Schauer[1]
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Homoranthus flavescens is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to northern New South Wales. It is a low, spreading, flat-topped shrub with cylinder-shaped or flattened leaves. Single yellow to reddish flowers appear in leaf axils in late spring and summer, forming clusters near the end of the branchlets.[2][3][4]
Description
Homoranthus flavescens grow to 0.5 metres high and 1 metre in width and have leaves are 6 to 10 mm long and up to 1.5 mm in width. Yellow flowers appear in late spring and summer.[2] Fruits September-December.[5]
Taxonomy and naming
Homoranthus flavescens was first formally described in 1843 by Johannes Conrad Schauer from an unpublished description by Allan Cunningham. The description was published in Monographia Myrtacearum Xerocarpicarum.[6][7] The specific epithet (flavescens) is the incipient form[8]:44 of the Latin word flavus meaning "yellow" or "golden yellow".[8]:872
Distribution and habitat
Grows from Yetman in far northern New South Wales to Dubbo and Merriwa districts. Grows most commonly on sandstone in shrubby woodland or heath.[5]
Conservation status
Widespread, often locally common and well reserved.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Homoranthus flavescens". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?name_id=100143.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Harden, Gwen J.. "Homoranthus flavescens". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Homoranthus~flavescens. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ↑ "Homoranthus flavescens". Australian Native Plants. https://www.australianplants.com/plants.aspx?id=1304. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ↑ Lodder, Mary S.. "Homoranthus flavescens". Australian National Botanic Gardens. https://www.anbg.gov.au/gnp/gnp9/homoranthus-flavescens.html. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Copeland, Lachlan M.; Craven, Lyn A.; Bruhl, Jeremy J. (2011). "A taxonomic review of Homoranthus (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae)". Australian Systematic Botany 24 (6): 351. doi:10.1071/SB11015.
- ↑ "Homoranthus flavescens". APNI. https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/532510. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ↑ Schauer, Johannes C. (1843). Monographia Myrtacearum Xerocarpicarum. pp. 192–193. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015061404755;view=1up;seq=44. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q13920115 entry
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