Calytrix platycheiridia

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Calytrix platycheiridia
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Priority Two — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Calytrix
Species:C. platycheiridia
Binomial name
Calytrix platycheiridia
Craven

Calytrix platycheiridia is a species of plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae that is endemic to Western Australia. [1]

Myrtaceae family of plants

Myrtaceae or the myrtle family is a family of dicotyledonous plants placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtle, pohutukawa, bay rum tree, clove, guava, acca (feijoa), allspice, and eucalyptus are some notable members of this group. All species are woody, contain essential oils, and have flower parts in multiples of four or five. The leaves are evergreen, alternate to mostly opposite, simple, and usually entire. The flowers have a base number of five petals, though in several genera the petals are minute or absent. The stamens are usually very conspicuous, brightly coloured and numerous.

Endemism ecological state of being unique to a defined geographic location or habitat

Endemism is the ecological state of a species being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation, country or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. The extreme opposite of endemism is cosmopolitan distribution. An alternative term for a species that is endemic is precinctive, which applies to species that are restricted to a defined geographical area.

The shrub typically grows to a height of 0.2 to 0.45 metres (0.7 to 1.5 ft). It usually blooms in October producing yellow-cream star-shaped flowers. [1]

Found on low ridges in a small area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia near Coorow where it grows on sandy soils.

Wheatbelt (Western Australia) region in Western Australia

The Wheatbelt is one of nine regions of Western Australia defined as administrative areas for the state's regional development, and a vernacular term for the area converted to agriculture during colonisation. It partially surrounds the Perth metropolitan area, extending north from Perth to the Mid West region, and east to the Goldfields-Esperance region. It is bordered to the south by the South West and Great Southern regions, and to the west by the Indian Ocean, the Perth metropolitan area, and the Peel region. Altogether, it has an area of 154,862 square kilometres (59,793 sq mi).

Coorow, Western Australia Town in Western Australia

Coorow is a town in the Mid West region of Western Australia, 264 kilometres (164 mi) north of Perth.

The species was first formally described by the botanist Lyndley Craven in 1987 in the article A taxonomic revision of Calytrix Labill. (Myrtaceae) in the journal Brunonia . [2]

Lyndley Alan Craven was a botanist who became the Principal Research Scientist of the Australian National Herbarium.

Australian Systematic Botany is an international peer-reviewed scientific journal published by CSIRO Publishing. It is devoted to publishing original research, and sometimes review articles, on topics related to systematic botany, such as biogeography, taxonomy and evolution. The journal is broad in scope, covering all plant, algal and fungal groups, including fossils.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Calytrix platycheiridia". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  2. "Calytrix platycheiridia Craven". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 19 February 2017.