Babingtonia maleyae

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Babingtonia maleyae
Status DECF P2.svg
Priority Two — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Babingtonia
Species:
B. maleyae
Binomial name
Babingtonia maleyae

Babingtonia maleyae, commonly known as the Narrogin babingtonia, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a compact shrub with narrowly egg-shaped to elliptic leaves and white flowers usually arranged singly in leaf axils, each flower with 17 to 20 stamens.

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Description

Babingtonia maleyae is a compact shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.8–1.3 m (2 ft 7 in – 4 ft 3 in) and has erect, slender stems. The leaves are mostly narrowly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 1.7–4 mm (0.067–0.157 in) long and 0.6–1.1 mm (0.024–0.043 in) wide on a petiole 0.2–0.3 mm (0.0079–0.0118 in) long. The flowers are usually arranged in singly in leaf axils on a peduncle 1.5–5 mm (0.059–0.197 in) long with a bracteole 0.8–1.3 mm (0.031–0.051 in) long at the base. The sepals are 0.5–0.8 mm (0.020–0.031 in) long and 1.3–1.8 mm (0.051–0.071 in) wide and the petals are white, 3.0–3.5 mm (0.12–0.14 in) long with 17 to 20 stamens in each flower. The ovary has three locules and the style is 1.7–2.2 mm (0.067–0.087 in) long. Flowering has been observed in January and February, and the fruit is a capsule 1.5–2 mm (0.059–0.079 in) long and 2.5–3 mm (0.098–0.118 in) in diameter. [2] [3]

Taxonomy

Babingtonia maleyae was first formally described in 2015 by Barbara Rye and Malcolm Trudgen in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected east of Narrogin in 2001. [4] The specific epithet (maleyae) honours Sandra Maley, who prepared draft descriptions of many new species of Chamelaucieae. [3]

Distribution and habitat

This species is only known from a few locations near Narrogin, where it grows in sandy loam with lateritic gravel, in the Avon Wheatbelt biogeographic region of south-western Western Australia. [2] [3]

Conservation status

Babingtonia maleyae is listed as "Priority Two" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, [2] meaning that it is poorly known and from only one or a few locations. [5]

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<i>Babingtonia grandiflora</i> Species of flowering plant

Babingtonia grandiflora, commonly known as the large flowered babingtonia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a shrub with erect or arching stems, linear leaves and white or pale pink flowers usually arranged singly in leaf axils, each flower with 11 to 25 stamens.

References

  1. ↑ "Babingtonia maleyae". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Babingtonia maleyae". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. 1 2 3 Rye, Barbara L. (2015). "A revision of the south-western Australian genus Babingtonia (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae)". Nuytsia. 25: 242–243. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "Babingtonia maleyae". APNI. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
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