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'''''Calytrix''''' is a genus of about 83 species of flowering plants, commonly known as '''star flowers''',<ref name="FB">{{FloraBase|id=21817|name=''Calytrix''|access-date=2024-06-17}}</ref> in the family [[Biology:Myrtaceae|Myrtaceae]] and is endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus ''Calytrix'' are small to large shrubs with small, spreading and more or less round leaves, the flowers arranged singly in leaf axils. The flowers are [[Biology:Monoicy|bisexual]] with 5 overlapping [[Biology:Sepal|sepal]]s with a long [[Biology:Awn (botany)|awn]], and many [[Biology:Stamen|stamen]]s.
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{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Starflowers
| image = Calytrix sullivanii.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Biology:Calytrix tetragona|Calytrix tetragona]]''
| display_parents = 2
| taxon = Calytrix
| authority = Labill.
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=j/>
| synonyms =
* ''Lhotskya'' <small>Schauer</small>
* ''Trichocalyx'' <small>Schauer</small>
* ''Calycothrix'' <small>Meisn.</small>
* ''Calythropsis'' <small>C.A.Gardner</small>
}}


'''''Calytrix''''' is a [[Biology:Genus|genus]] of [[Biology:Shrub|shrub]]s in the family [[Biology:Myrtaceae|Myrtaceae]] described as a genus in 1806.<ref>Labillardière, Jacques Julien Houtou de. 1806. Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen 2: 8</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40036233 Tropicos, ''Calytrix'' Labill.]</ref> They are commonly known as '''starflowers'''. ''Calytrix'' are endemic to {{wipe|Australia}}, occurring  in the  (Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, and Western Australia).<ref name=j>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=32791 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref>
==Description==
Plants in the genus ''Calytrix'' are dwarf to large shrubs with overlapping or widely-spaced leaves, but with [[Biology:Stipule|stipule]]s absent or small. The flowers are arranged singly in leaf axils with 2 [[Biology:Bract#Bracteole|bracteoles]] at the base. The [[Biology:Hypanthium|floral tube]] is usually long and tube-shaped with 5 overlapping sepals with a long awn on the end and 5 lance-shaped to elliptic petals that are free from each other and fall from the flower as it develops. There are many stamens, in one to several [[Biology:Whorl (botany)|whorls]]. The fruit is a small, dry [[Biology:Nut (fruit)|nut]] containing a single seed.<ref name="FB" /><ref name="RBGV">{{cite web |last1=Jeanes |first1=Jeff A. |last2=Stajsic |first2=Val |title=''Calytrix'' |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/39d16797-7354-40ef-9c47-1772418fb37a |publisher=Royal Botanic Garden Victoria |access-date=17 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=''Calytrix'' |url=https://eflora.nt.gov.au/factsheetGenus?id=3751 |publisher=Northern Territory Government |access-date=17 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=''Calytrix'' |url=http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/speciesfacts_display.cgi?form=speciesfacts&name=Calytrix |publisher=State Herbarium of South Australia |access-date=17 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Wilson |first1=Peter G. |title=''Calytrix'' |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&showsyn=&dist=&constat=&lvl=gn&name=Calytrix |publisher=Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney |access-date=17 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Craven |first1=Lyndley |title=A taxonomic revision of ''Calytrix'' Labill. (Myrtaceae). |journal=Brunonia |date=1987 |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=4–11|doi=10.1071/BRU9870001}}</ref>


==Species==
==Taxonomy==
The genus includes the following species:
The genus ''Calytrix'' was first formally described in 1806 by Jacques Labillardière in his ''Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen'', and the first species he described (the [[Biology:Type|type species]] was ''[[Biology:Calytrix tetragona|Calytrix tetragona]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=''Calytrix'' |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/instance/apni/531793|publisher=Australian Plant Name Index |access-date=17 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Labillardière |first1=Jacques J.H. |title=Novæ Hollandiæ plantarum specimen |date=1806 |publisher=Ex typographia Dominæ Huzard |location=Paris |pages=8–9 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127076#page/8/mode/1up |access-date=17 June 2024}}</ref> The genus name (''Calytrix'') means "calyx hair", referring to the sepal awns.<ref>{{cite book |last1=George |first1=Alex |last2=Sharr |first2=Francis |title=Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings |date=2021 |publisher=Four Gables Press |location=Kardinya, WA |isbn=9780958034180 |page=66 |edition=4th}}</ref>


==Distribution==
''Calytrix'' are endemic to Australia, occurring  in the Northern Territory, Queensland and South Australia, but the majority of species occur in the south-west of Western Australia.<ref name="RBGV" />
==Species list==
The following is a list of ''Calytrix'' species accepted by the [[Biology:Australian Plant Census|Australian Plant Census]] as at June 2024:<ref>{{cite web |title=''Calytrix'' |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/search/taxonomy?product=APC&tree.id=51209179&name=Calytrix&inc._scientific=&inc.scientific=on&inc._cultivar=&max=100&display=apc&search=true |publisher=Australian Plant Census |access-date=17 June 2024}}</ref>
[[File:Calytrix angulata - Flickr - Kevin Thiele.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Biology:Calytrix angulata|Calytrix angulata]]'']]
[[File:Calytrix carinata (7596906486).jpg|thumb|right|''[[Biology:Calytrix carinata|Calytrix carinata]]'']]
[[File:Calytrix gurulmundensis.jpg|thumb|right|''Calytrix gurulmundensis'']]
[[File:Calytrix exstipulata.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Biology:Calytrix exstipulata|Calytrix exstipulata]]'']]
[[File:Calytrix pimeleoides Fagg.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Biology:Calytrix pimeleoides|Calytrix pimeleoides]]'']]
[[File:Calytrix simplex.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Biology:Calytrix simplex|Calytrix simplex]]'']]
[[File:Calytrix superba.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Biology:Calytrix superba|Calytrix superba]]'']]
[[File:Calytrix tetragona (8691946147).jpg|thumb|right|''[[Biology:Calytrix tetragona|Calytrix tetragona]]'']]
[[File:Calytrix violacea.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Biology:Calytrix violacea|Calytrix violacea]]'']]
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* ''[[Biology:Calytrix achaeta|Calytrix achaeta]]'' <small>(F.Muell.) Benth.</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix achaeta|Calytrix achaeta]]'' <small>(F.Muell.) Benth.</small> – white-flowered turkey bush, kerosene wood, fringe-myrtle (N.T., W.A.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix acutifolia|Calytrix acutifolia]]'' <small>(Lindl.) Craven</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix acutifolia|Calytrix acutifolia]]'' <small>(Lindl.) Craven</small> (W.A.)
* ''Calytrix alpestris'' <small>(Lindl.) Court</small> - snow myrtle
* ''Calytrix alpestris'' <small>(Lindl.) Court</small> - snow myrtle (Vic., S.A.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix amethystina|Calytrix amethystina]]'' <small>Craven</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix amethystina|Calytrix amethystina]]'' <small>Craven</small> (W.A.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix angulata|Calytrix angulata]]'' <small>Lindl.</small> - yellow starflower
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix angulata|Calytrix angulata]]'' <small>Lindl.</small> - yellow starflower (W.A.)
* ''Calytrix arborescens'' <small>(F.Muell.) Benth.</small>
* ''Calytrix arborescens'' <small>(F.Muell.) Benth.</small> (N.T.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix asperula|Calytrix asperula]]'' <small>(Schauer) Benth.</small> - brush starflower
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix asperula|Calytrix asperula]]'' <small>(Schauer) Benth.</small> - brush starflower (W.A.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix aurea|Calytrix aurea]]'' <small>Lindl.</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix aurea|Calytrix aurea]]'' <small>Lindl.</small> (W.A.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix birdii|Calytrix birdii]]'' <small>(F.Muell.) B.D.Jacks.</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix birdii|Calytrix birdii]]'' <small>(F.Muell.) B.D.Jacks.</small> (W.A.)
* ''Calytrix brachychaeta'' <small>(F.Muell.) Benth.</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix brevifolia|Calytrix brevifolia]]'' <small>(Meisn.) Benth.</small> (W.A.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix brevifolia|Calytrix brevifolia]]'' <small>(Meisn.) Benth.</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix breviseta|Calytrix breviseta]]'' <small>Lindl.</small> (W.A.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix breviseta|Calytrix breviseta]]'' <small>Lindl.</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix brownii|Calytrix brownii]]'' <small>(Schauer) Craven</small> (W.A., N.T., Qld.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix brownii|Calytrix brownii]]'' <small>(Schauer) Craven</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix carinata|Calytrix carinata]]'' <small>Craven</small> (W.A., N.T., S.A., Qld.)
* ''Calytrix brunioides'' <small>A.Cunn.</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix chrysantha|Calytrix chrysantha]]'' <small>Craven</small> (W.A.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix carinata|Calytrix carinata]]'' <small>Craven</small>
* ''Calytrix cravenii'' <small>Nge & K.R.Thiele</small> (W.A.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix chrysantha|Calytrix chrysantha]]'' <small>Craven</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix creswellii|Calytrix creswellii]]'' <small>(F.Muell.) B.D.Jacks.</small> (W.A.)
* ''Calytrix ciliata'' <small>(Turcz.) Benth.</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix decandra|Calytrix decandra]]'' <small>DC.</small> - pink starflower (W.A.)
* ''Calytrix conferta'' <small>A.Cunn.</small>
* ''Calytrix decussata'' <small>Craven</small> (N.T.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix creswellii|Calytrix creswellii]]'' <small>(F.Muell.) B.D.Jacks.</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix depressa|Calytrix depressa]]'' <small>(Turcz.) Benth.</small> (W.A.)
* ''Calytrix cupressifolia'' <small>A.Rich.</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix desolata|Calytrix desolata]]'' <small>S.Moore</small> (W.A.)
* ''Calytrix curtophylla'' <small>A.Cunn.</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix divergens|Calytrix divergens]]'' <small>Craven</small> (W.A.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix decandra|Calytrix decandra]]'' <small>DC.</small> - pink starflower
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix drummondii|Calytrix drummondii]]'' <small>(Meisn.) Craven</small> (W.A.)
* ''Calytrix decussata'' <small>Craven</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix duplistipulata|Calytrix duplistipulata]]'' <small>Craven</small> (W.A.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix depressa|Calytrix depressa]]'' <small>(Turcz.) Benth.</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix ecalycata|Calytrix ecalycata]]'' <small>Craven</small> (W.A.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix desolata|Calytrix desolata]]'' <small>S.Moore</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix eneabbensis|Calytrix eneabbensis]]'' <small>Craven</small> (W.A.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix divergens|Calytrix divergens]]'' <small>Craven</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix erosipetala|Calytrix erosipetala]]'' <small>Craven</small> (W.A.)
* ''Calytrix diversifolia'' <small>(Turcz.) B.D.Jacks.</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix exstipulata|Calytrix exstipulata]]'' <small>DC.</small> - turkey bush, Kimberley heather, heather bush, pink fringe-myrtle (W.A., N.T., Qld.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix drummondii|Calytrix drummondii]]'' <small>(Meisn.) Craven</small>
* ''Calytrix faucicola'' <small>Craven</small> (N.T.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix duplistipulata|Calytrix duplistipulata]]'' <small>Craven</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix flavescens|Calytrix flavescens]]'' <small>A.Cunn.</small> - summer starflower (W.A.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix ecalycata|Calytrix ecalycata]]'' <small>Craven</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix formosa|Calytrix formosa]]'' <small>Craven</small> (W.A.)
* ''Calytrix empetroides'' <small>(Schauer) Benth.</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix fraseri|Calytrix fraseri]]'' <small>A.Cunn.</small> - pink summer calytrix (W.A.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix eneabbensis|Calytrix eneabbensis]]'' <small>Craven</small>
* ''Calytrix glaberrima'' <small>(F.Muell.) Craven</small> – smooth fringe-myrtle (S.A.)
* ''Calytrix ericoides'' <small>A.Cunn.</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix glutinosa|Calytrix glutinosa]]'' <small>Lindl.</small> (W.A.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix erosipetala|Calytrix erosipetala]]'' <small>Craven</small>
* ''Calytrix gomphrenoides'' <small>M.D.Barrett & Craven</small> (W.A.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix exstipulata|Calytrix exstipulata]]'' <small>DC.</small> - Kimberley heather
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix gracilis|Calytrix gracilis]]'' <small>Benth.</small> (W.A.)
* ''Calytrix faucicola'' <small>Craven</small>
* ''Calytrix gurulmundensis'' <small>Craven</small> (Qld.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix flavescens|Calytrix flavescens]]'' <small>A.Cunn.</small> - summer starflower
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix gypsophila|Calytrix gypsophila]]'' <small>Craven</small> (W.A., S.A.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix formosa|Calytrix formosa]]'' <small>Craven</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix habrantha|Calytrix habrantha]]'' <small>Craven</small> (W.A.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix fraseri|Calytrix fraseri]]'' <small>A.Cunn.</small> - pink summer calytrix
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix harvestiana|Calytrix harvestiana]]'' <small>(F.Muell.) Craven</small> (W.A.)
* ''Calytrix glaberrima'' <small>(F.Muell.) Craven</small>
* ''Calytrix hirta'' <small>(Regel) Nge & K.R.Thiele</small> (W.A.)
* ''Calytrix glabra'' <small>R.Br.</small>
* ''Calytrix hislopii'' <small>Rye</small> (W.A.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix glutinosa|Calytrix glutinosa]]'' <small>Lindl.</small>
* ''Calytrix inopinata'' <small>Craven</small> (N.T.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix gracilis|Calytrix gracilis]]'' <small>Benth.</small>
* ''Calytrix involucrata'' <small>J.M.Black</small> - cup fringe-myrtle (S.A.)
* ''Calytrix granulosa'' <small>Benth.</small>
* ''Calytrix islensis'' <small>Craven</small> (Qld.)
* ''Calytrix gurulmundensis'' <small>Craven</small>
* ''Calytrix leptophylla'' <small>Benth.</small> (Qld.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix gypsophila|Calytrix gypsophila]]'' <small>Craven</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix leschenaultii|Calytrix leschenaultii]]'' <small>(Schauer) Benth.</small> (W.A.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix habrantha|Calytrix habrantha]]'' <small>Craven</small>
* ''Calytrix longiflora'' <small>(F.Muell.) Benth.</small> (Qld., N.S.W.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix harvestiana|Calytrix harvestiana]]'' <small>(F.Muell.) Craven</small>
* ''Calytrix megaphylla'' <small>(F.Muell.) Benth.</small> (N.T.)
* ''Calytrix inopinata'' <small>Craven</small>
* ''Calytrix merralliana'' <small>(F.Muell. & Tate) Craven</small> (W.A.)
* ''Calytrix involucrata'' <small>J.M.Black</small> - cup fringe-myrtle
* ''Calytrix micrairoides'' <small>Craven</small> (N.T.)
* ''Calytrix islensis'' <small>Craven</small>
* ''Calytrix microcoma'' <small>Craven</small> – turkey bush (Qld.)
* ''Calytrix laricina'' <small>Benth.</small>
* ''Calytrix mimiana'' <small>Craven</small> (N.T.)
* ''Calytrix leptophylla'' <small>Benth.</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix nematoclada|Calytrix nematoclada]]'' <small>Craven</small> (W.A.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix leschenaultii|Calytrix leschenaultii]]'' <small>(Schauer) Benth.</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix oldfieldii|Calytrix oldfieldii]]'' <small>Benth.</small> (W.A.)
* ''Calytrix longiflora'' <small>(F.Muell.) Benth.</small>
* ''Calytrix oncophylla'' <small>Craven</small> (W.A.)
* ''Calytrix megaphylla'' <small>(F.Muell.) Benth.</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix parvivallis|Calytrix parvivallis]]'' <small>Craven</small> (W.A.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix merrelliana|Calytrix merrelliana]]'' <small>(F.Muell. & Tate) Craven</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix patrickiae|Calytrix patrickiae]]'' <small>Rye</small> (W.A.)
* ''Calytrix micrairoides'' <small>Craven</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix paucicostata|Calytrix paucicostata]]'' <small>Craven</small> (W.A.)
* ''Calytrix microcoma'' <small>Craven</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix pimeleoides|Calytrix pimeleoides]]'' <small>C.A.Gardner ex Keighery</small> (W.A.)
* ''Calytrix mimiana'' <small>Craven</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix platycheiridia|Calytrix platycheiridia]]'' <small>Craven</small> (W.A.)
* ''Calytrix mitchellii'' <small>S.Moore</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix plumulosa|Calytrix plumulosa]]'' <small>(F.Muell.) B.D.Jacks.</small> (W.A.)
* ''Calytrix muricata'' <small>(F.Muell.) Benth.</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix praecipua|Calytrix praecipua]]'' <small>Craven</small> (W.A.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix nematoclada|Calytrix nematoclada]]'' <small>Craven</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix pulchella|Calytrix pulchella]]'' <small>(Turcz.) B.D.Jacks.</small> (W.A.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix oldfieldii|Calytrix oldfieldii]]'' <small>Benth.</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix purpurea|Calytrix purpurea]]'' <small>(F.Muell.) Craven</small> (W.A.)
* ''Calytrix oncophylla'' <small>Craven</small>
* ''Calytrix retrorsifolia'' <small>Nge & Keighery</small> (W.A.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix parvivallis|Calytrix parvivallis]]'' <small>Craven</small>
* ''Calytrix rupestris'' <small>Craven</small> (N.T.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix patrickiae|Calytrix patrickiae]]'' <small>Rye</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix sagei|Calytrix sagei]]'' <small>Rye</small> (W.A.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix paucicostata|Calytrix paucicostata]]'' <small>Craven</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix sapphirina|Calytrix sapphirina]]'' <small>Lindl.</small> (W.A.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix pimeleoides|Calytrix pimeleoides]]'' <small>C.A.Gardner ex Keighery</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix similis|Calytrix similis]]'' <small>Craven</small> (W.A.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix platycheiridia|Calytrix platycheiridia]]'' <small>Craven</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix simplex|Calytrix simplex]]'' <small>Lindl.</small> (W.A.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix plumulosa|Calytrix plumulosa]]'' <small>(F.Muell.) B.D.Jacks.</small>
* ''Calytrix smeatoniana'' <small>(F.Muell.) Craven</small> (S.A.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix praecipua|Calytrix praecipua]]'' <small>Craven</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix strigosa|Calytrix strigosa]]'' <small>A.Cunn.</small> (W.A.)
* ''Calytrix puberula'' <small>(Meisn.) Benth.</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix superba|Calytrix superba]]'' <small>C.A.Gardner & A.S.George</small> - superb starflower (W.A.)
* ''Calytrix pubescens'' <small>G.Don</small>
* ''Calytrix surdiviperana'' <small>Craven</small> (N.T.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix pulchella|Calytrix pulchella]]'' <small>(Turcz.) B.D.Jacks.</small>
* ''Calytrix sylvana'' <small>Craven</small> (W.A.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix purpurea|Calytrix purpurea]]'' <small>(F.Muell.) Craven</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix tenuiramea|Calytrix tenuiramea]]'' <small>(Turcz.) Benth.</small> (W.A.)
* ''Calytrix rupestris'' <small>Craven</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix tetragona|Calytrix tetragona]]'' <small>Labill.</small> - common fringe-myrtle (W.A., S.A., Qld., N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic., Tas.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix sagei|Calytrix sagei]]'' <small>Rye</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix truncatifolia|Calytrix truncatifolia]]'' <small>Craven</small> (W.A.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix sapphirina|Calytrix sapphirina]]'' <small>Lindl.</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix uncinata|Calytrix uncinata]]'' <small>Craven</small> (W.A.)
* ''Calytrix scabra'' <small>DC.</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix variabilis|Calytrix variabilis]]'' <small>Lindl.</small> (W.A.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix similis|Calytrix similis]]'' <small>Craven</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix verruculosa|Calytrix verruculosa]]'' <small>Craven</small> (W.A.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix simplex|Calytrix simplex]]'' <small>Lindl.</small>
* ''Calytrix verticillata'' <small>Craven</small> (N.T.)
* ''Calytrix smeatoniana'' <small>(F.Muell.) Craven</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix violacea|Calytrix violacea]]'' <small>(Lindl.) Craven</small> (W.A.)
* ''Calytrix stenophylla'' <small>W.Fitzg.</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix viscida|Calytrix viscida]]'' <small>Rye</small> (W.A.)
* ''Calytrix stipulosa'' <small>W.Fitzg.</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix warburtonensis|Calytrix warburtonensis]]'' <small>Craven</small> (W.A.)
* ''Calytrix stowardii'' <small>S.Moore</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix watsonii|Calytrix watsonii]]'' <small>(F.Muell. & Tate) C.A.Gardner</small> (W.A.)
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix strigosa|Calytrix strigosa]]'' <small>A.Cunn.</small>
* ''Calytrix sullivanii'' <small>(F.Muell.) B.D.Jacks.</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix superba|Calytrix superba]]'' <small>C.A.Gardner & A.S.George</small> - superb starflower
* ''Calytrix surdiviperana'' <small>Craven</small>
* ''Calytrix sylvana'' <small>Craven</small>
* ''Calytrix tenuifolia'' <small>(Meisn.) Benth.</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix tenuiramea|Calytrix tenuiramea]]'' <small>(Turcz.) Benth.</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix tetragona|Calytrix tetragona]]'' <small>Labill.</small> - common fringe-myrtle
* ''Calytrix truncata'' <small>A.Cunn.</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix truncatifolia|Calytrix truncatifolia]]'' <small>Craven</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix uncinata|Calytrix uncinata]]'' <small>Craven</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix variabilis|Calytrix variabilis]]'' <small>Lindl.</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix verruculosa|Calytrix verruculosa]]'' <small>Craven</small>
* ''Calytrix verticillata'' <small>Craven</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix viscida|Calytrix viscida]]'' <small>Rye</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix violacea|Calytrix violacea]]'' <small>(Lindl.) Craven</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix warburtonensis|Calytrix warburtonensis]]'' <small>Craven</small>
* ''[[Biology:Calytrix watsonii|Calytrix watsonii]]'' <small>(F.Muell. & Tate) C.A.Gardner</small>
* ''Calytrix wickhamiana'' <small>S.Moore</small>
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*{{cite web |url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Calytrix|title= ''Calytrix'' |accessdate=2007-09-28 |work= PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online |author1=Royal Botanic Gardens |author2=Domain Trust }}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=CALYTRIX|title= ''Calytrix'' |accessdate=2007-09-28 |work= [[Biology:Australian Plant Name Index|Australian Plant Name Index]] (APNI), IBIS database|author = ((Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra))}}
* {{FloraBase|name=''Calytrix''|id=21817}}
*{{cite web | url = http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/texhtml.cgi?form=speciesfacts&family=&genus=Calytrix&species=&iname=&submit=Search | title = ''Calytrix'' | accessdate = 2007-09-28 | date =  | year =  | work = Electronic Flora of South Australia Fact Sheet | publisher = State Herbarium of South Australia | pages =  | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120207120928/http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/texhtml.cgi?form=speciesfacts&family=&genus=Calytrix&species=&iname=&submit=Search | archivedate = 7 February 2012 | url-status = dead }}


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Latest revision as of 13:06, 22 May 2025

Calytrix is a genus of about 83 species of flowering plants, commonly known as star flowers,[1] in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus Calytrix are small to large shrubs with small, spreading and more or less round leaves, the flowers arranged singly in leaf axils. The flowers are bisexual with 5 overlapping sepals with a long awn, and many stamens.

Description

Plants in the genus Calytrix are dwarf to large shrubs with overlapping or widely-spaced leaves, but with stipules absent or small. The flowers are arranged singly in leaf axils with 2 bracteoles at the base. The floral tube is usually long and tube-shaped with 5 overlapping sepals with a long awn on the end and 5 lance-shaped to elliptic petals that are free from each other and fall from the flower as it develops. There are many stamens, in one to several whorls. The fruit is a small, dry nut containing a single seed.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Taxonomy

The genus Calytrix was first formally described in 1806 by Jacques Labillardière in his Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen, and the first species he described (the type species was Calytrix tetragona.[7][8] The genus name (Calytrix) means "calyx hair", referring to the sepal awns.[9]

Distribution

Calytrix are endemic to Australia, occurring in the Northern Territory, Queensland and South Australia, but the majority of species occur in the south-west of Western Australia.[2]

Species list

The following is a list of Calytrix species accepted by the Australian Plant Census as at June 2024:[10]

Calytrix gurulmundensis


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Calytrix". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/21817. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Jeanes, Jeff A.; Stajsic, Val. "Calytrix". Royal Botanic Garden Victoria. https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/39d16797-7354-40ef-9c47-1772418fb37a. 
  3. "Calytrix". Northern Territory Government. https://eflora.nt.gov.au/factsheetGenus?id=3751. 
  4. "Calytrix". State Herbarium of South Australia. http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/speciesfacts_display.cgi?form=speciesfacts&name=Calytrix. 
  5. Wilson, Peter G.. "Calytrix". Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&showsyn=&dist=&constat=&lvl=gn&name=Calytrix. 
  6. Craven, Lyndley (1987). "A taxonomic revision of Calytrix Labill. (Myrtaceae).". Brunonia 10 (1): 4–11. doi:10.1071/BRU9870001. 
  7. "Calytrix". Australian Plant Name Index. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/instance/apni/531793. 
  8. Labillardière, Jacques J.H. (1806). Novæ Hollandiæ plantarum specimen. Paris: Ex typographia Dominæ Huzard. pp. 8–9. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127076#page/8/mode/1up. Retrieved 17 June 2024. 
  9. George, Alex; Sharr, Francis (2021). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (4th ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 66. ISBN 9780958034180. 
  10. "Calytrix". Australian Plant Census. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/search/taxonomy?product=APC&tree.id=51209179&name=Calytrix&inc._scientific=&inc.scientific=on&inc._cultivar=&max=100&display=apc&search=true. 

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