Epacris corymbiflora

Epacris corymbiflora
In Mount Field National Park
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Epacris
Species:	E. corymbiflora
Binomial name
Epacris corymbiflora Hook.f. [1]

Spent flowers, detail

Epacris corymbiflora is a species of flowering plant in the heath family, Ericaceae, and is endemic to Tasmania. It is a low, spreading shrub with elliptic leaves and white, tube-shaped flowers.

Description

Epacris corymbiflora is a spreading shrub that grows up to 30 cm (12 in) high and 60 cm (24 in) wide. The leaves are crowded, elliptic or diamond-shaped, 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) long with a small point on the tip and the edges curved upwards. Both sides of the leaves are green and there are a few more or less parallel veins. Flowering occurs in summer and the flowers are arranged in dense, more or less spherical groups near the ends of branches, each flower tube-shaped, white and about 5 mm (0.20 in) in diameter. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Taxonomy and naming

Epacris corymbiflora was first formally described in 1857 by Joseph Dalton Hooker in The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae from specimens collected near the Franklin River in Macquarie Harbour by Ronald Campbell Gunn. ^{[5] [6]}

Distribution and habitat

This epacris is common in moorland environments and button grass heath in near-coastal areas of Tasmania. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

References

1. "Epacris corymbiflora". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
2. Jordan, Greg. "Epacris corymbiflora". University of Tasmania. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
3. "Epacridaceae Epacris corymbiflora". UTAS Plant Science. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
4. "Epacris corymbiflora". Alpine Garden Society. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
5. "Epacris corymbiflora". APNI. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
6. Hooker, Joseph D. (1857). The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839-1843 :under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross. Vol. 3. London: Reeve Brothers. p. 261. Retrieved 4 May 2022.