Micromyrtus capricornia

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Micromyrtus capricornia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Micromyrtus
Species:
M. capricornia
Binomial name
Micromyrtus capricornia

Micromyrtus capricornia is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area of central eastern Queensland. It is a shrub with slightly drooping branchlets, overlapping, narrowly egg-shaped leaves and small white flowers.

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Description

Micromyrtus capricornia is a shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) and has slightly pendulous branchlets. Its leaves overlap each other, egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 1.5–2.5 mm (0.059–0.098 in) long, 0.5–1 mm (0.020–0.039 in) wide on a petiole 0.20–0.25 mm (0.0079–0.0098 in) long with prominent oil glands. The flowers are arranged singly in leaf axils on a peduncle 0.5–1 mm (0.020–0.039 in) long with 2 bracteoles about 0.8 mm (0.031 in) long at the base, but that fall off as the flowers open. The 5 sepal lobes are more or less round, 0.20–0.25 mm (0.0079–0.0098 in) long and 0.5–0.6 mm (0.020–0.024 in) wide. The 5 petals are white, round to egg-shaped and 1.0–1.4 mm (0.039–0.055 in) long and 1.0–1.3 mm (0.039–0.051 in) wide. There are five stamens, each opposite a petal, the filaments about 0.3 mm (0.012 in) long. Flowering occurs throughout the year. [2]

Taxonomy

Micromyrtus capricornia was first formally described in 1997 by Anthony Bean in the journal Austrobaileya from specimens collected near Comet in 1993. [3] The specific epithet (capricornia) refers to the Tropic of Capricorn, near to which this species occurs. [2]

Distribution and habitat

This species of micromyrtus grows on ridge tops from Mount Coolon to near Rolleston in a narrow band about 150 km (93 mi) from the coast of cental eastern Queensland. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Micromyrtus capricornia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Bean, Anthony R. (1997). "A revision of Micromyrtus Benth. (Myrtaceae) in Queensland". Austrobaileya. 4 (4): 464. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "Micromyrtus capricornia". APNI. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
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