Biology:Calothamnus huegelii

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

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

Melaleuca caroli-huegelii Craven & R.D.Edwards

Calothamnus huegelii is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub growing to a height of about 2 metres (6.6 ft) with red flowers in autumn or September.[1] (In 2014 Craven, Edwards and Cowley proposed that the species be renamed Melaleuca caroli-huegelii.)[2]

Calothamnus huegelii was first formally described by Johannes Schauer in 1843 in Dissertatio phytographica de Regelia, Beaufortia et Calothamno.[3] The specific epithet (huegelii) honours Charles von Hügel.[2]

Calothamnus huegelii occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Mallee biogeographic regions[1] growing in sand, and gravelly clay over laterite on sandplains.[4]

Calothamnus huegelii 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 huegelii". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/5413. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Craven, Lyn A.; Edwards, Robert D.; Cowley, Kirsten J. (30 June 2014). "New combinations and names in Melaleuca (Myrtaceae)". Taxon 63 (3): 664. doi:10.12705/633.38. 
  3. "Calothamnus huegelii". APNI. https://biodiversity.org.au/boa/instance/apni/748745. Retrieved 29 July 2015. 
  4. Paczkowska, Grazyna; Chapman, Alex R. (2000). The Western Australian flora : a descriptive catalogue. Perth: Wildflower Society of Western Australia. p. 351. ISBN 978-0646402437. 

Wikidata ☰ Q15396013 entry