Biology:Calothamnus planifolius

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Calothamnus planifolius
Calothamnus planifolius - Flickr - Kevin Thiele.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Calothamnus
Species:
C. planifolius
Binomial name
Calothamnus planifolius
Lehm.[1]
Synonyms[1]

Calothamnus planifolius is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with many branches, growing to a height of about 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) with flat leaves and red flowers from September to November.[2][3] 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.)[4]

The species was first formally described by Johann Lehmmann in 1842 in Delectus Seminum quae in Horto Hamburgensium botanico e collectione.[5]

Calothamnus planifolius occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt and Jarrah Forest biogeographic regions[2] where it grows in gravelly clay over laterite.[6] It is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Calothamnus planifolius". Australian Plant Census. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/100495. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Calothamnus planifolius". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/5424. 
  3. Hawkeswood, Trevor J. (1984). "Nine new species of Calothamnus Labill. (Myrtaceae: Leptospermoideae) from Western Australia". Nuytsia 5 (1): 124–125. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/223585#page/128/mode/1up. Retrieved 30 November 2020. 
  4. Craven, Lyn A.; Edwards, Robert D.; Cowley, Kirsten J. (30 June 2014). "New combinations and names in Melaleuca (Myrtaceae)". Taxon 63 (3): 666. doi:10.12705/633.38. 
  5. "Calothamnus planifolius". APNI. https://biodiversity.org.au/boa/instance/apni/527511. Retrieved 1 August 2015. 
  6. Paczkowska, Grazyna; Chapman, Alex R. (2000). The Western Australian flora : a descriptive catalogue. Perth: Wildflower Society of Western Australia. p. 351. ISBN 0646402439. 

Wikidata ☰ Q15395153 entry