Darwinia pimelioides

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Darwinia pimelioides
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Status DECF P4.svg
Priority Four — Rare Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Darwinia
Species:
D. pimelioides
Binomial name
Darwinia pimelioides
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Occurrence data from AVH

Darwinia pimelioides is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with broadly oblong leaves and heads of drooping flowers surrounded by larger red to pink and green bracts.

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Description

Darwinia pimelioides is an erect, glabrous shrub that typically grows to height of 25–50 cm (9.8–19.7 in) and has many slender branches. Its leaves are arranged in opposite pairs, broadly oblong and 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in) long with the edges curved down. The flowers are arranged in on the ends of branches in heads of 4, surrounded by about 6 green and red to pink involucral bracts about 15 mm (0.59 in) long. The sepal tube is about 4 mm (0.16 in) long with lobes less than 1 mm (0.039 in) long. The petals are egg-shaped, about 2.5 mm (0.098 in) long and the style is slightly longer than the petals. Flowering occurs in September and October. [2] [3]

Taxonomy

Darwinia pimelioides was first formally described in 1922 by A. Cayzer and F.W. Wakefield in the Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia from specimens collected near Midland Junction in 1918. [4] The specific epithet (pimelioides) means " pimelea -like". [5]

Distribution and habitat

This darwinia grows among granite outcrops in the Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia. [2]

Conservation status

Darwinia pimelioidesis listed as "Priority Four" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, [2] meaning that it is rare or near threatened. [6]

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References

  1. "Darwinia pimelioides". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Darwinia pimelioides". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. Herbert, D.A. (1922). "Contributions to the Flora of Western Australia, no IV". Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 8: 40–41.
  4. "Darwinia pimelioides". APNI. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  5. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 278. ISBN   9780958034180.
  6. "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 14 November 2022.