Homoranthus bebo

Homoranthus bebo
Conservation status
Critically endangered  (EPBC Act)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Homoranthus
Species:	H. bebo
Binomial name
Homoranthus bebo L.M.Copel. [1]
Occurrence data from AVH

Foliage

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 National Park near Yetman.

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. ^{[2] [3] [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 National Park (formerly Bebo State Forest) about 20 km (12 mi) north-north-east of Yetman New South Wales. This species grows in deep sandy soils over sandstone. ^{[2] [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. ^[2]

References

1. "Homoranthus bebo". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
2. 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.
3. "Homoranthus bebo - profile". New South Wales Government, Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
4. Wilson, Peter G. "Homoranthus bebo". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
5. "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.

External links

• The Australasian Virtual Herbarium – Occurrence data for Homoranthus bebo