Correa calycina

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South Australian green correa
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Correa calycina in Maranoa Gardens
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Correa
Species:
C. calycina
Binomial name
Correa calycina

Correa calycina, commonly known as the South Australian green correa [2] or Hindmarsh correa, [3] is a species of tall, dense shrub that is endemic to a small area of South Australia. It has papery, oblong leaves and pendulous green flowers arranged singly on the ends of short side branches.

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Description

Correa calycina is a dense shrub that typically grows to 1–3 m (3 ft 3 in – 9 ft 10 in) high and 1–2 m (3 ft 3 in – 6 ft 7 in) wide with its branchlets covered with rust-coloured hairs. The leaves are narrow oblong to elliptic, 20–30 mm (0.79–1.18 in) long and 10–25 mm (0.39–0.98 in) wide on a petiole 3–6 mm (0.12–0.24 in) long. The flowers are borne singly on short side shoots on pedicels 2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) long. The calyx is green, top-shaped, square in cross-section and up to 15 mm (0.59 in) long with four lance-shaped lobes. The corolla is green ageing to mauve, pendulous, narrow cylindrical, up to 30 mm (1.2 in) long and densely covered with star-shaped hairs. The eight stamens are much longer than the petal tube. [2] [4] [5]

Taxonomy

Correa calycina was first formally described in 1925 by John McConnell Black in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia from specimens collected in the Hindmarsh Valley by John Burton Cleland. [6] [7]

Two varieties of C. calycina are accepted by the Australian Plant Census:

Distribution and habitat

The South Australian green correa occurs in a few isolated places on the southern Fleurieu Peninsula and on Kangaroo Island in South Australia where it usually grows on or near the banks of streams. Variety calycina occurs on the Fleurieu Peninsula near the Hindmarsh and Inman Rivers and Carrickalinga Creek. [3] Variety halmaturorum is only known from along the De Mole River on Kangaroo Island, growing in Eucalyptus cladocalyx forest. [11]

Conservation status

Correa calycina is classified as "vulnerable" under the Australian Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and the South Australian Government National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1972 . The main threats to the species are competition from weeds, especially Montpelier broom ( Genista monspessulana ), blackberry ( Rubus fruticosus ) and willow ( Salix ) species. It is also threatened by land clearing and grazing by livestock. [3] [12]

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<i>Correa</i> (plant) Genus of flowering plants

Correa is a genus of eleven species of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae that are endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus Correa are shrubs to small trees with simple leaves arranged in opposite pairs, bisexual flowers with four sepals, four petals usually fused for most of their length and eight stamens.

<i>Correa baeuerlenii</i> Species of flowering plant

Correa baeuerlenii, commonly known as chef's-hat correa, or chef's cap correa, is a species of dense, rounded shrub that is endemic to the south-east of New South Wales, Australia. It has egg-shaped leaves and pendulous, greenish yellow flowers usually arranged singly on short side branches.

<i>Correa lawrenceana</i> Species of flowering plant

Correa lawrenceana, commonly known as mountain correa, is a species of shrub or small tree of the family Rutaceae and is endemic to Australia. It has elliptical to egg-shaped leaves arranged in opposite pairs and cylindrical, greenish yellow to red flowers usually arranged singly or in groups of up to seven in leaf axils with the stamens protruding beyond the end of the corolla.

<i>Correa glabra</i> Species of plant

Correa glabra, commonly known as the rock correa, is a species of tall, erect shrub that is endemic to Australia. It usually has elliptical, mostly glabrous leaves and pendent, pale green to pale yellow flowers arranged singly on short side shoots.

<i>Correa backhouseana</i> Species of plant

Correa backhouseana is a species of rounded shrub that is endemic to coastal and near-coastal areas of southern Australia. It has elliptical to egg-shaped or round leaves that are densely hairy on the lower surface, and cylindrical to funnel-shaped, cream-coloured to pale green or red and yellow flowers.

Correa eburnea, commonly known as the Deep Creek correa, is a species of shrub that is endemic to the Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia. It has papery, elliptic to egg-shaped leaves, and up to five green, nodding flowers arranged in leaf axils.

Nematolepis frondosa, commonly known as leafy nematolepis, is a shrub that is endemic to Victoria, Australia. It is a small, conical shaped shrub with glossy leaves, scaly branchlets and white flowers in winter and spring.

<i>Boronia clavata</i> Species of flowering plant

Boronia clavata, commonly known as Bremer boronia, is a plant in the citrus family, Rutaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with bipinnate leaves and pale, yellowish green, four-petalled flowers.

Leionema sympetalum, commonly known as Rylstone bell, is a shrub with greenish-yellow tubular flowers in small terminal clusters at the end of smooth, angular branches. It has a restricted distribution, grows near Rylstone in New South Wales.

<i>Correa lawrenceana <span style="font-style:normal;">var.</span> cordifolia</i> Variety of flowering plant

Correa lawrenceana var. cordifolia, commonly known as the pink mountain-correa, is a variety of Correa lawrenceana and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a shrub with leathery, broadly egg-shaped to heart-shaped leaves, and pink flowers with yellowish tips arranged singly or in groups of two or three in leaf axils.

Correa lawrenceana var. genoensis, commonly known as the Genoa River correa, is a variety of Correa lawrenceana and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a shrub with egg-shaped leaves and yellowish green flowers usually arranged singly in leaf axils.

<i>Leionema viridiflorum</i> Species of shrub

Leionema viridiflorum commonly known as green phebalium, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae. It is a small shrub with pale yellow-greenish flowers in clusters at the end of branches from winter to early spring. It has a restricted distribution in northern New South Wales.

<i>Correa lawrenceana <span style="font-style:normal;">var.</span> glandulifera</i> Variety of flowering plant

Correa lawrenceana var. glandulifera, commonly known as the mountain correa, is a variety of Correa lawrenceana and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub or small tree with egg-shaped leaves and greenish yellow flowers arranged singly or in groups of up to five with woolly hairs on the outside.

<i>Correa lawrenceana <span style="font-style:normal;">var.</span> latrobeana</i> Variety of flowering plant

Correa lawrenceana var. latrobeana is a variety of Correa lawrenceana that is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a shrub or small tree with elliptical to egg-shaped leaves and cylindrical, greenish-yellow or reddish-mauve flowers arranged singly or in groups of up to seven in leaf axils or on the ends of branchlets.

<i>Correa lawrenceana <span style="font-style:normal;">var.</span> lawrenceana</i> Variety of flowering plant

Correa lawrenceana var. lawrenceana is the implicit autonym of Correa lawrenceana and is endemic to Tasmania. It is a shrub with papery, oblong leaves and pale green, narrow cylindrical flowers arranged singly on the ends of branchlets.

Correa lawrenceana var. macrocalyx is a variety of Correa lawrenceana and is endemic to New South Wales. It is a shrub with leathery, egg-shaped to broadly egg-shaped leaves, and cylindrical, greenish yellow flowers arranged in leaf axils or on the ends of short branchlets.

Correa lawrenceana var. rosea is a variety of Correa lawrenceana that is endemic to the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales. It is a shrub with narrow elliptical leaves and narrow cylindrical flowers that are pink or dull red with green lobes and covered with small, compact star-shaped hairs.

<i>Diplolaena mollis</i> Species of flowering plant

Diplolaena mollis is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to the west coast of Western Australia. It has broadly elliptic or egg-shaped, leathery leaves that are densely covered in hairs and reddish, pendulous flowers.

Diplolaena cinerea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to the west coast of Western Australia. It has pale orange flowers, papery, elliptic shaped leaves that are covered in star-shaped hairs on the upper surface.

<i>Diplolaena dampieri</i> Species of plant

Diplolaena dampieri, commonly known as Dampier's rose, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae. It is endemic to the west coast of Western Australia. It has slightly leathery, oblong-elliptic shaped leaves, hairy bracts and pale red to orange flowers from July to September.

References

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  3. 1 2 3 "Hindmarsh correa - Correa calycina" (PDF). Australian Government Department of the Environment. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
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  5. "Correa calycina". State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  6. "Correa calycina". APNI. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  7. Black, John McConnell (1925). "Additions to the Flora of South Australia, No. 23". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia. 49: 273. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
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  9. 1 2 Wilson, Paul G. (1998). "Notes on the genus Correa (Rutaceae)". Nuytsia. 12 (1): 92. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  10. "Correa calycina var. halmaturorum". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  11. 1 2 "Correa calycina var. halmaturorum (Rutaceae) De Mole River correa". South Australian Seed Conservation Service. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  12. "Approved Conservation Advice for Correa calycina" (PDF). Australian Government Department of the Environment. Retrieved 11 July 2020.