Gaudium confertum

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Gaudium confertum
Status DECF P2.svg
Priority Two — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Gaudium
Species:
G. confertum
Binomial name
Gaudium confertum
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Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms [1]

Leptospermum confertumJoy Thomps.

Gaudium confertum is a species of shrub that is endemic to East Mount Barren on the south coast of Western Australia. It has rough bark, crowded narrow club-shaped leaves and white flowers that are pinkish in bud.

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Description

Gaudium confertum is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 2–3 m (6 ft 7 in – 9 ft 10 in) or more and has gnarled, firm bark. Young branches are hairy at first and have a small swelling below each leaf base. The leaves are erect and densely crowded, mostly 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in) long and 1–1.5 mm (0.039–0.059 in) wide, tapering to a petiole about 1.5 mm (0.059 in) long. The flowers are borne singly in leaf axils with pale reddish brown bracts and bracteoles at their base. The flowers are white, pinkish in the bud stage, and 12–15 mm (0.47–0.59 in) wide. The sepals are hemispherical, less than 1 mm (0.039 in) long, the petals about 5 m (16 ft) long and the stamens are arranged in groups of about seven and 2 mm (0.079 in) long. Flowering occurs between October and January. The fruit is about 8 mm (0.31 in) in diameter with an almost flat top and with the sepals attached. [2] [3]

Taxonomy and naming

'This species was first formally described in 1989 by Joy Thompson in the journal Telopea . [2] [4] In 2023, Peter Gordon Wilson transferred the species to the genus Gaudium as G. brevipes in the journal Taxon . [1] The specific epithet (confertum) is from the Latin confertus, meaning "close together, crowded or dense", [5] referring to the crowded leaves. [2]

Distribution and habitat

This tea-tree is found on slopes and in rocky gullies along the south coast on East Mount Barren in the Fitzgerald River National Park. [2] [3]

Conservation status

Gaudium confertum is classified as "Priority Two" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife [3] meaning that it is poorly known and from only one or a few locations. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gaudium confertum". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Thompson, Joy (1989). "A revision of the genus Leptospermum (Myrtaceae)". Telopea. 3 (3): 362–363.
  3. 1 2 3 "Gaudium confertum". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  4. "Leptospermum confertum". APNI. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  5. Short, Emma; George, Alex (2013). A Primer of Botanical Latin with Vocabulary. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. p. 146. ISBN   9781107693753.
  6. "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 23 March 2020.