Homoranthus bebo

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Homoranthus bebo
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Homoranthus
Species:
H. bebo
Binomial name
Homoranthus bebo
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Homoranthus bebo is a flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area in northern New South Wales. It is a low-lying shrub with leaves that are usually flat and with groups of up to ten yellow flowers. It is only known from the Dthinna Dthinnawan Nature Reserve near Yetman. [2] [3]

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Description

Homoranthus bebo is a small shrub 0.05–0.2 m (2–8 in) high and 0.5–2 m (20–80 in) wide with branches lying close to the ground. The leaves are narrowly egg-shaped, shiny, lime-green, 3–7 mm (0.1–0.3 in) long, smooth, arranged in opposite pairs along a short stem with a short protruding point at the apex. The single lemon coloured five petal flowers are held erect in the leaf axils on a peduncle 0.7–1.7 mm (0.028–0.067 in) long. Flowering occurs mostly from September to November. [4]

Taxonomy and naming

Homoranthus bebo was first formally described in 2011 by Lachlan Copeland, Lyndley Craven and Jeremy Bruhl from a specimen collected in the Bebo State forest (now the Dthinna Dthinnawan Nature Reserve) in 2001 and the description was published in Australian Systematic Botany . [5] The specific epithet (bebo) refers to the name of the state forest where the type specimen was collected. [5]

Distribution and habitat

Currently known from a single population in Dthinna Dthinnawan Nature Reserve (formerly Bebo State Forest)~20 km north-north east of Yetman New South Wales. This species grows in deep sandy soils over sandstone. [4]

Conservation

Homoranthus bebo is classified as "critically endangered" under the Australian Government EPBC Act of 1999. [6] [7] It is known from a single population of at least 300 individuals. [4]

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<i>Homoranthus wilhelmii</i> Species of plant

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<i>Homoranthus flavescens</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Homoranthus biflorus</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Homoranthus binghiensis</i> Species of flowering plant

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Homoranthus brevistylis is a plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area in Queensland. It is an upright shrub with pointed, linear leaves and groups of up to four pale yellow flowers in leaf axils. It is only known from the Blackdown Tableland National Park.

Homoranthus bruhlii is a plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales. It is an upright shrub with glabrous, pale green, linear leaves and with groups of three or four pale yellowish green flowers in leaf axils. It is only known from a single population near Tenterfield.

<i>Homoranthus cernuus</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Homoranthus clarksonii</i> Species of flowering plant

Homoranthus clarksonii is a flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area in Queensland. It is an upright shrub with pointed, linear leaves and pairs of creamy pink to pale yellow flowers which turn pink as they age. It is only known from small populations on Mount Mulligan.

<i>Homoranthus croftianus</i> Species of flowering plant

Homoranthus croftianus, commonly known as Bolivia homoranthus, is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area near Bolivia in northern New South Wales. It is an upright shrub with pointed leaves arranged in alternating opposite pairs so they form four rows along the branchlets. Single greenish to cream-coloured flowers are borne in leaf axils.

Homoranthus cummingii is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area in Queensland. It is an upright shrub with pointed, linear leaves arranged in alternating opposite pairs so they form four rows along the branchlets. The flowers hang downwards in pairs and are creamy white to pale yellow, turning red as they age. It is only known from Mount Zero north-west of Townsville.

<i>Homoranthus decasetus</i> Species of flowering plant

Homoranthus decasetus is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area in central Queensland. It has small, thin leaves and flowers that fade to purple as they age.

Homoranthus elusus is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales. It is an shrub with linear leaves and with groups of up to four flowers in leaf axils. It is only known from a single specimen collected near Tenterfield.

Homoranthus inopinatus is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area in southern Queensland. It is an upright shrub with linear leaves and with groups of three to six flowers in leaf axils near the end of branchlets. It is only known from a single small population on private property near Ballandean.

<i>Homoranthus lunatus</i> Species of flowering plant

Homoranthus lunatus, commonly known as crescent-leaved homoranthus, is a flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area in northern New South Wales. It is a spreading shrub with curved leaves and small groups of up to six yellow flowers in leaf axils.

<i>Homoranthus porteri</i> Species of flowering plant

Homoranthus porteri is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, and is endemic to a small area in northern Queensland, Australia. It is an upright shrub with creamy-white to red pendulous flowers in pairs on a short stalk with red bracts and small linear leaves.

<i>Homoranthus thomasii</i> Species of flowering plant

Homoranthus thomasii is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is a small shrub with spoon-shaped, greyish green leaves and small, pendulous, pink flowers in the upper leaf axils.

<i>Homoranthus tropicus</i> Species of flowering plant

Homoranthus tropicus is a flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to tropical north Queensland. It is a shrub with curved, club-shaped leaves and white flowers in a corymb-like arrangement on the ends of branchlets.

<i>Homoranthus vagans</i> Species of flowering plant

Homoranthus vagans is a flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area in southern Queensland. It is a shrub with pointed linear leaves and groups of up to ten yellow flowers in leaf axils near the end of branchlets. It is only known from a single population north of Inglewood.

<i>Homoranthus zeteticorum</i> Species of flowering plant

Homoranthus zeteticorum is a flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area in central Queensland. It is a tall shrub with axehead-shaped leaves and pendulous flowers with darker styles.

References

  1. "Homoranthus bebo". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  2. Wilson, Peter G. "Homoranthus bebo". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  3. Hunter, John (October 2016). "Mapping of Homoranthus bebo". Technical report.
  4. 1 2 3 Copeland, Lachlan M.; Craven, Lyn A.; Bruhl, Jeremy J. (2011). "A taxonomic review of Homoranthus (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 24 (6): 351. doi:10.1071/SB11015.
  5. 1 2 "Homoranthus bebo". APNI. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  6. "NSW Threatened Species Scientific Committee - Preliminary determination" (PDF). New South Wales Government Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  7. "Homoranthus bebo" (PDF). Australian Government Department of the Environment. Retrieved 23 August 2018.