Calytrix divergens

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Calytrix divergens
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Calytrix
Species:
C. divergens
Binomial name
Calytrix divergens

Calytrix divergens is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to inland areas of Western Australia. It is a mostly glabrous shrub with egg-shaped, lance-shaped or oblong leaves, and yellow flowers with about 40 to 80 stamens in several rows.

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Description

Calytrix divergens is a mostly glabrous shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 20–60 cm (7.9–23.6 in). Its leaves are egg-shaped, lance-shaped or oblong, 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) long, 0.5–2.0 mm (0.020–0.079 in) wide and sessile or on a petiole up to 0.5 mm (0.020 in) long. The flowers are borne on a peduncle 7–10 mm (0.28–0.39 in) long. The floral tube is 8–14 mm (0.31–0.55 in) long, has 5 ribs. The sepals are joined for a short distance at the base, the lobes egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 1.75–4.0 mm (0.069–0.157 in) long and 1.75–3.25 mm (0.069–0.128 in) wide with an awn up to 12 mm (0.47 in) long. The petals are yellow and elliptic, 4.5–8.5 mm (0.18–0.33 in) long and 2.5–5.0 mm (0.098–0.197 in) wide. There are about 40 to 80 yellow stamens 1–6 mm (0.039–0.236 in) long. Flowering occurs from August to October. [2] [3]

Taxonomy

Calytrix divergens was first formally described in 1987 by Lyndley Craven in the journal Brunonia from specimens collected 71 km (44 mi) south-east of Mileura in 1957. [3] [4] The specific epithet (divergens) means 'differing from', possibly referring to the leaves. [5]

Distribution and habitat

This species of Calytrix grows on breakaways and escarpments in the upper Murchison River district and south-eastwards to near Paynes Find where it grows on sandy soils over laterite, quartzite or granite in the Murchison and Yalgoo bioregions of inland Western Australia. [2] [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Calytrix divergens". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Calytrix divergens". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. 1 2 3 Craven, Lyndley (1987). "A taxonomic revision of Calytrix Labill. (Myrtaceae)". Brunonia: 61–62.
  4. ↑ "Calytrix divergens". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  5. ↑ George, Alex; Sharr, Francis (2021). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (4th ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 185. ISBN   9780958034180.
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