Homoranthus montanus

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Homoranthus montanus
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Homoranthus montanus in the ANBG
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Homoranthus
Species:
H. montanus
Binomial name
Homoranthus montanus
Craven & S.R.Jones [1]
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Occurrence data from AVH
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Flower bud

Homoranthus montanus is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area in southern Queensland. It has narrow leaves and up to one to six small tubular, cream-coloured flowers arranged in leaf axils near the ends of the branchlets. As the flowers age, they turn red. [2] [3]

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Description

An erect shrub growing to 1.2 m (4 ft) tall. The leaves are 0.8 mm (0.03 in) thick. Flowers and fruits sporadically throughout the year, mostly October to November. [3]

Taxonomy and naming

Homoranthus montanus was first formally described in 1991 by Lyndley Craven and S.R Jones and the description was published in Australian Systematic Botany . [4] The specific epithet (montanus) is a Latin word meaning "of mountains". [5]

Distribution and habitat

Restricted to Ballandean and Mount Jibbinbar Queensland. Grows on shallow sandy soils in woodland and heath on and around granite outcrops. [3]

Conservation

Homoranthus montanus is listed as "vulnerable" under the Australian Government EPBC Act. [2] A very rare species known from two small populations. IUCN (2010) considered vulnerable. [3]

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

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

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

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

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

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<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.

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

Homoranthus decumbens is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area in Queensland. It is a low, spreading shrub with cylindrical leaves arranged in alternating opposite pairs. The flowers are yellowish green and arranged singly in upper leaf axils.

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 melanostictus</i> Species of flowering plant

Homoranthus melanostictus is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It has cylinder-shaped to flattened leaves with blackish oil dots and up to six yellow flowers arranged in leaf axils near the ends of the branchlets.

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

Homoranthus prolixus is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to northern New South Wales. It is a spreading shrub with linear to lance-shaped leaves and groups of up to six yellow to red flowers in the upper leaf axils.

<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.

Homoranthus tricolor, is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area in south-east Queensland. It is an upright shrub with linear to lance-shaped leaves and green, red and black flowers arranged singly or in pairs in upper leaf axils. It is only known from a single population near Mundubbera.

<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 corymbose-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. It is only known from the Salvator Rosa section of Carnarvon National Park where it grows on Homoranthus Hill.

References

  1. "Homoranthus montanus". Australian Plant Census.
  2. 1 2 "Approved conservation advice for Homoranthus montanus" (PDF). Australian Government Department of the Environment. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 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.
  4. "Homoranthus montanus". APNI. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  5. Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 536.