Coleanthera

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Coleanthera is a historically recognised genus of 3 species in the family Ericaceae and was endemic to Western Australia.

The genus was first described in 1859 by Sergei Sergeyevich Sheglejev. [1] [2] The name Coleanthera is derived from the Ancient Greek words coleos, meaning "a scabbard of a sword" and anthera meaning "an anther", alluding to the arrangement of the anthers, joined around the style, which protrudes like the hilt of a sword. [3]

Species

The following 3 species were formerly included in Coleanthera: [4]

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Styphelia longissima is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to a few places in the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with hairy young branchlets, stem-clasping, sharply-pointed, narrowly egg-shaped to narrowly elliptic leaves, and white, tube-shaped flowers.

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Styphelia lanata is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a shrub with wand-like branches, usually covered with loose, soft hairs, the leaves linear to lance-shaped about 12 mm (0.47 in) long, and white, tube-shaped flowers with small bracts and bracteoles. The lobes of the petal tube are bearded only at the base.

References

  1. Stschegleew, S.S. (1859). "Descriptio Epacridearum Novarum". Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou. 32 (1): 4.
  2. "Coleanthera". APNI. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  3. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 70. ISBN   9780958034180.
  4. "Coleanthera". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 May 2024.