Calytrix achaeta

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Calytrix achaeta
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On the Mitchell Plateau
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Calytrix
Species:
C. achaeta
Binomial name
Calytrix achaeta
Synonyms [1]
  • Calycothrix achaetaF.Muell.
  • Calythrix achaetaBenth. orth. var.
  • Calythrix cuspidata Druce nom. inval., nom. nud.
  • Lhotskya cuspidataF.Muell. nom. inval., nom. nud.
  • Lhotzkya cuspidataF.Muell. orth. var.

Calytrix achaeta, commonly known as the white-flowered turkey bush, [2] kerosene wood or fringe-myrtle, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to north-western Australia. It is a shrub or tree with hairy branchlets, egg-shaped, linear or lance-shaped leaves, and white to cream-coloured flowers with 12 to 18 stamens in a single row.

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Description

Calytrix achaeta is a shrub or tree that typically grows to a height of 1–4 m (3 ft 3 in – 13 ft 1 in) and has hairy branchlets. Its leaves are widely spaced on main stems, but overlap on leafy side-shoots, egg-shaped, linear or lance-shaped, 0.8–2.5 mm (0.031–0.098 in) long and 0.3–1 mm (0.012–0.039 in) wide on a petiole up to 0.25 mm (0.0098 in) long, with a linear stipule up to 0.2 mm (0.0079 in) long at the base of the petiole. The flowers are arranged singly in leaf axils on a peduncle 0.25–0.5 mm (0.0098–0.0197 in) long with hairy, more or less round 1.0–2.5 mm (0.039–0.098 in) long, but that fall off as the flower develops. The floral tube is 1.5–3 mm (0.059–0.118 in) long with 10 ribs, and is spindle-shaped or cylindrical. The sepals lobes are 1.5–3 mm (0.059–0.118 in) long and 1.0–1.5 mm (0.039–0.059 in) wide and the petals are white to cream-coloured, lance-shaped, narrowly elliptic or linear, 2–5 mm (0.079–0.197 in) long and 1.0–1.75 mm (0.039–0.069 in) wide. There are about 12 to 18 white stamens in a single row, each 0.25–4 mm (0.0098–0.1575 in) long. Flowering occurs from January to August, and the seed is oval, 1.75–2.0 mm (0.069–0.079 in) long and 1.0–1.2 mm (0.039–0.047 in) wide. [4] [5] [6]

Taxonomy

The species was originally described in 1859 by the botanist Ferdinand von Mueller who gave it the name Calycothrix achaeta in the Transactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria from specimens collected "on the sandstone table land of Arnhem's Land". [7] [8] In 1867, George Bentham transferred the species to Calytrix as C. achaeta in his Flora Australiensis . [9]

Distribution and habitat

White-flowered turkey bush is found on flats or hills in the Kimberley region of Western Australia and the Top End of the Northern Territory where it grows in sandy soils over laterite, quartzite or granite. [4] [6]

Ecology

This species has a lifespan of 11 to 20 years and forms a lignotuber from which it is able to resprout from following a fire. [10]

Uses

The Kunwinjku peoples know the plant as mandjumbak and the Kundjeyhmi know it as andjumbak. [11] Indigenous Australians used the wood from the plant to make fish hooks, [2] spearthrower pegs and for firewood. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Calytrix achaeta". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  2. 1 2 Cheryll Williams (2011). Medicinal Plants in Australia Volume 2: Gums, Resins, Tannin and Essential Oils. Rosenberg Publishing. ISBN   9781925078060.
  3. 1 2 "Fringe-myrtle Scientific Name Calytrix brownii, Calytrix achaeta". Bining gumwok. National Environmental Research Program. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Calytrix achaeta". Northern Territory. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  5. ↑ Craven, Lyndley (1987). "A taxonomic revision of Calytrix Labill. (Myrtaceae)". Brunonia: 40–42.
  6. 1 2 "Calytrix achaeta". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  7. ↑ "Calycothrix achaeta". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  8. ↑ von Mueller, Ferdinand (1859). "Some hitherto unknown Australian plants". Transactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria. 3: 43. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  9. ↑ "Calytrix achaeta". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  10. ↑ "Fire responses of Calytrix achaeta". Northern Land Manager. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  11. ↑ Garde, Murray. "mandjumbak". Bininj Kunwok Online Dictionary. Bininj Kunwok Regional Language Centre. Retrieved 5 Nov 2021.
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