Calytrix paucicostata

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Calytrix paucicostata
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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: Calytrix
Species:
C. paucicostata
Binomial name
Calytrix paucicostata

Calytrix paucicostata is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a restricted area in the west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with linear leaves and bright to rich pink flowers with about 75 to 88 stamens in several rows.

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Description

Calytrix paucicostata is a mostly glabrous shrub that typically grows to a height of 60 cm (24 in). Its leaves are linear, 5–10 mm (0.20–0.39 in) long and 0.5–1 mm (0.020–0.039 in) wide on a petiole 0.5–1.5 mm (0.020–0.059 in) long with stipules up to 0.3 mm (0.012 in) long at the base. The flowers are borne on a funnel-shaped peduncle 2.5–3.5 mm (0.098–0.138 in) long with egg-shaped lobes 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) long. The floral tube is 5.5–6.5 mm (0.22–0.26 in) long, 0.5–0.8 mm (0.020–0.031 in) wide, and more or less spindle-shaped with three or four ribs. The sepals are more or less round, 0.60–0.75 mm (0.024–0.030 in) long and wide. The petals are bright to rich pink, yellow at the base, later becoming pinkish-yellow, egg-shaped to elliptic, 5.5–6.0 mm (0.22–0.24 in) long and 2.8–3.25 mm (0.110–0.128 in) wide, and there are about 75 to 85 stamens in three to five rows. Flowering occurs in September and October. [2] [3]

Taxonomy

Calytrix paucicostata was first formally described in 1987 by Lyndley Craven in the journal Brunonia from specimens he collected on the edge of Kalbarri township in 1981. [2] [4] The specific epithet (paucicostata) means 'few ribs', referring to the floral tube. [5]

Distribution and habitat

This species of Calytrix grows in heath on yellow sand on sand dunes near Kalbarri in the Geraldton Sandplains bioregion of western Western Australia. [2] [3]

Conservation status

Calytrix paucicostata is listed as "Priority Two" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, [3] meaning that it is poorly known and from one or a few locations. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Calytrix paucicostata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 Craven, Lyndley (1987). "A taxonomic revision of Calytrix Labill. (Myrtaceae)". Brunonia: 107–108.
  3. 1 2 3 "Calytrix paucicostata". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  4. ↑ "Calytrix paucicostata". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
  5. ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 272. ISBN   9780958034180.
  6. ↑ "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
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