| Cryptandra craigiae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rhamnaceae |
| Genus: | Cryptandra |
| Species: | C. craigiae |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptandra craigiae | |
Cryptandra craigiae is a flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of southern Western Australia. It is a shrub with linear leaves and dense clusters of white or cream-coloured, tube-shaped flowers.
Cryptandra craigiae is a spreading shrub that typically grows to 10–25 cm (3.9–9.8 in) high and up to 35 cm (14 in) wide, its branchlets becoming spiny as the plant matures. The leaves are narrowly oblong to linear, 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long and 0.6–0.8 mm (0.024–0.031 in) wide, on a petiole 0.4–0.5 mm (0.016–0.020 in) long with stipules 1.5–2.5 mm (0.059–0.098 in) long at the base. The upper surface of the leaves is more or less glabrous and the edges are turned down or rolled under, often concealing the densely hairy lower surface. The flowers are borne in dense clusters of 4 to 6, 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) in diameter, on the ends of branchlets. The floral tube is about 1 mm (0.039 in) long, the sepals 0.8–0.9 mm (0.031–0.035 in) long and hairy. Flowering occurs from May to June. [2] [3]
Cryptandra craigiae was first formally described in 2007 by Barbara Lynette Rye in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected by Gillian Craig north-north-east of Hopetoun in 2005. [2] [4] The specific epithet (craigiae ) honours the collector of the type specimens. [2]
This cryptandra mainly grows on sand dunes in or near swampy areas, but is only known from a small area near Hopetoun in the Esperance Plains bioregion of southern Western Australia. [2] [3]
This cryptandra is listed as "Threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, [3] meaning that it is in danger of extinction. [5]
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Cryptandra imbricata is a flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a spreading shrub with spiny, interlaced branchlets, narrowly oblong to linear leaves and spike-like clusters of white, tube-shaped flowers.
Cryptandra inconspicua is a flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a small, spreading shrub with narrowly elliptic to egg-shaped leaves and head-like clusters of white, tube-shaped flowers.
Cryptandra intermedia is a flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a small shrub, usually with spiny branchlets, elliptic to linear leaves and spike-like clusters of white, tube-shaped flowers.
Stenanthemum emarginatum is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a spreading to prostrate shrub with sparsely hairy young stems, narrowly fan-shaped to linear leaves and densely, shaggy-hairy heads of white or cream-coloured flowers.
Cryptandra intonsa is a flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to inland Western Australia. It is an erect or spreading shrub with linear to narrowly oblong leaves and white or cream-coloured, tube-shaped flowers arranged in head-like clusters.
Cryptandra intratropica is a flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It is a slender, erect or spreading shrub with wedge-shaped to oblong or egg-shaped leaves and clusters of yellow to cream-coloured, tube-shaped flowers arranged in head-like clusters.
Cryptandra micrantha is a flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a prostrate or upright shrub with spiny branchlets, narrowly oblong to elliptic leaves and dense clusters of white or cream-coloured, tube-shaped flowers.
Stenanthemum nanum is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a prostrate shrub with hairy young stems, broadly egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and densely silvery-hairy heads of white or cream-coloured flowers.
Cryptandra minutifolia is a flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a spreading shrub with oblong to elliptic leaves and clusters of white or pink, tube-shaped flowers.
Stenanthemum newbeyi is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to a restricted area in the south of Western Australia. It is an erect or spreading shrub with hairy young stems, egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and clusters of rust-coloured, densely shaggy-hairy flowers, surrounded by whitish floral leaves.
Cryptandra monticola is a flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect or spreading shrub with linear or narrowly oblong to elliptic leaves and head-like clusters of white, tube-shaped flowers.
Cryptandra nola is a flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to the western region of Western Australia. It is an erect or spreading, spiny shrub with oblong to elliptic leaves and clusters of white, tube-shaped flowers.
Cryptandra pendula is a flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a shrub with linear leaves and clusters of 5 to 15 pendulous, white, tube-shaped flowers.
Cryptandra recurva is a flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an erect, spreading shrub with densely hairy young stems, narrowly oblong to narrowly egg-shaped leaves and clusters of white, cream-coloured or off-white, tube-shaped flowers.
Cryptandra stellulata is a flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a shrub with spiny branches, narrowly oblong to linear leaves and spike-like clusters of 2 to 12 white, tube-shaped flowers.
Cryptandra wilsonii is a flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with hairy young stems, oblong to narrowly oblong leaves and clusters of white, tube-shaped flowers arranged in small clusters.
