Micrantheum hexandrum

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Micrantheum hexandrum
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Micrantheum hexandrum
Mount Buffalo National Park, Victoria
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Picrodendraceae
Genus: Micrantheum
Species:
M. hexandrum
Binomial name
Micrantheum hexandrum
Synonyms [1]
  • Caletia hexandra(Hook.f.) Müll.Arg.
  • Caletia micrantheoidesBaill. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
  • Micranthea hexandraF.Muell. orth. var.
  • Micranthemum hexandrumHook.f. orth. var.
  • Micrantheum boroniaceumF.Muell.
  • Phyllanthus boroniacusGrüning nom. inval., pro syn.

Micrantheum hexandrum, commonly known as box micrantheum, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Picrodendraceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect, monoecious shrub with oblong to narrowly lance-shaped leaves, and small white flowers with six or nine stamens. Picrodendraceae.

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Description

Micrantheum hexandrum is an erect, monoecious, more or less glabrous shrub that typically grows to a height of about 2 m (6 ft 7 in). The leaves are oblong to narrowly lance-shaped or lance-shaped, with the narrower end towards the base, 8–15 mm (0.31–0.59 in) long and 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) wide with a small point on the tip. Male flowers are borne on a peduncle about 8 mm (0.31 in) long, the sepals egg-shaped and 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) long, and have six or nine stamens. Female flowers are more or less sessile, the sepals lance-shaped to egg-shaped and 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) long. Flowering mostly occurs from October to February, and the fruit is an oval to spherical capsule 6–7 mm (0.24–0.28 in) long. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Taxonomy

Micrantheum hexandrum was first formally described in 1847 by Joseph Dalton Hooker in the London Journal of Botany from specimens collected near Launceston. [6] [7] The specific epithet (hexandrum) means "six stamens". [8]

Distribution and habitat

Box micrantheum grows on rocky sites and near watercourses, often at higher altitudes, from south-eastern Queensland, along the coast and tablelands of New South Wales to scattered places in eastern Victoria and to eastern Tasmania. [2] [3] [4] [5] [9]

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References

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