Cryptandra ericoides

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Cryptandra ericoides
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Near Jervis Bay
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rhamnaceae
Genus: Cryptandra
Species:
C. ericoides
Binomial name
Cryptandra ericoides
Synonyms [1]
  • Cryptandra capitataBenth. nom. inval., pro syn.
  • Cryptandra ericifoliaRudge orth. var.

Cryptandra ericoides, commonly known as heathy cryptandra, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a wiry, low-lying to erect shrub with often clustered, cylindrical leaves, and tube-shaped white flowers arranged in clusters on the ends of branchlets.

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Description

Cryptandra ericoides is a wiry, low-lying to erect shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 60 cm (24 in), its young branchlets with soft hairs pressed against the surface. The leaves are more or less cylindrical but with a groove along the lower surface, 2–10 mm (0.079–0.394 in) long and 0.5–1 mm (0.020–0.039 in) wide with stipules up to 1 mm (0.039 in) long at the base. The leaves are often clustered at the ends of branchlets. The flowers are arranged in clusters of up to 10 at the ends of branches and are white, bell-shaped and 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) long. The sepals are about half the length of the floral tube, the petals about 0.5 mm (0.020 in) long. Flowering mainly occurs from February to June and the fruit is a capsule about 2.5 mm (0.098 in) long. [2] [3]

Taxonomy

Cryptandra ericoides was first formally described in 1808 by James Edward Smith in The Cyclopaedia from specimens collected by "Dr. White". [4] [5] The specific epithet (ericoides) means " Erica -like". [6]

Distribution and habitat

Heathy cryptandra mainly grows in heath on the coast of new South Wales south from the Sydney region. It is also found in the extreme east of Victoria. [2] [3]

Conservation status

Cryptandra ericoides is listed as "critically endangered" in Victoria, under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 . [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Cryptandra ericoides". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 Harden, Gwen. "Cryptandra ericoides". Plant NET - New South Wales Flora Online. NSW Government. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Walsh, Neville G.; Udovicic, Frank. "Cryptandra ericoides". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  4. ↑ "Cryptandra ericoides". APNI. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  5. ↑ Smith, James E. (1808). Rees, Abraham (ed.). Rees's Cyclopædia. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees Orme and Brown. p. 502. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  6. ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 193. ISBN   9780958034180.
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