Micromyrtus flava

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Micromyrtus flava
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Near Warradarge
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Micromyrtus
Species:
M. flava
Binomial name
Micromyrtus flava
Synonyms [1]

Corynanthera flavaJ.W.Green (1979)

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Habit

Micromyrtus flava is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a slender, erect shrub with spreading stems, narrowly-elliptic leaves and yellow flowers.

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Description

Micromyrtus flava is a slender, erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.3–1.75 m (1 ft 0 in – 5 ft 9 in) and has a few stems near the base spread above, with the leaves mostly only on the upper branches. Its leaves are narrowly elliptic, 1.5–4 mm (0.059–0.157 in) long, sessile and pressed against the stems with prominent oil glands. The flowers are sessile, 2.5–3.0 mm (0.098–0.118 in) long arranged along a spike 20–70 mm (0.79–2.76 in) long with bracteoles as long as the floral tube. The floral tube is narrowly triangular, the surface with many small, pale yellow oil glands. The sepals are about 0.5 mm (0.020 in) in long and the petals are yellow, about 1.5 mm (0.059 in) long. Flowering occurs from September to February. [2] [3]

Taxonomy

This species was first formally described in 1979 by John Green who gave it the name Corynanthera flava in the journal Nuytsia from specimens he collected west of Winchester in 1978. [4] In 2022, Barbara Rye and Peter Gordon Wilson transferred the species to Micromyrtus as Micromyrtus flava. [5] The specific epithet (flava) means "yellow". [6]

Distribution and habitat

Micromyrtus flava grows in heath and shrubland between the Tathra National Park and Watheroo National Park in the Geraldton Sandplains and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia. [2] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Micromyrtus flava". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  2. 1 2 Green, John W. (1979). "Corynanthera, a new genus of Myrtaceae (Subfamily Leptospermoideae, Tribe Chamelaucieae)". Nuytsia. 2 (6): 371–372. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Micromyrtus flava". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  4. ↑ "Corynanthera flava". APNI. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "Micromyrtus flava". APNI. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  6. ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 200. ISBN   9780958034180.
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