| Nematolepis rhytidophylla | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Nematolepis |
| Species: | N. rhytidophylla |
| Binomial name | |
| Nematolepis rhytidophylla | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Nematolepis rhytidophylla, is a dense shrub with angular stems, covered densely in coppery coloured scales, smooth, glossy leaves and white flowers in small clusters in winter and spring. It is endemic to New South Wales.
Nematolepis rhytidophylla is a dense shrub to 3 m (9.8 ft) high with angled, warty stems and thickly covered in coppery scales. The leaves are egg-shaped, 0.3–1.2 cm (0.12–0.47 in) long, 2.5–9.5 cm (0.98–3.74 in) wide, stiff, leathery, edges flat or rolled under, upper surface smooth, shiny, underside with silvery scales and notched at the apex. The inflorescence is a small cluster of 1-3 flowers in leaf axils, 2–7 mm (0.079–0.276 in) long, flower stems more or less flattened covered in coppery scales. The 1-4 small bracts oblong shaped, 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) long, covered on the outside with coppery scales. The triangular shaped sepals are more or less fused at the base, mostly smooth, white and dotted with glands. The white petals 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long, smooth and dotted with glands. The dry, slightly spreading fruit capsule is about 3–3.2 mm (0.12–0.13 in) long, more or less square, smooth, warty and ending minutely with a triangular point. Flowering occurs in spring and summer. [2] [3] [4]
This species was first formally described in 1998 by David Albrecht and Neville Walsh and named it Phebalium rhytidophyllum, and the description was published in the journal Muelleria. [5] [6] In 1998 Paul G.Wilson changed the name to Nematolepis rhytidophylla and the change published in Nuytsia . [7] [8]
Nematolepis rhytidophylla is an understorey shrub with a restricted distribution, found growing on the ranges between Wog Wog and White Rock Mountains southeast of Bombala growing in rocky, sclerophyll scrubland. [2] [3]
Nematolepis rhytidophylla is considered "vulnerable" under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. [9]
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Phebalium glandulosum, commonly known as desert phebalium, is a species of shrub that is endemic to eastern Australia. It has glandular-warty stems covered with silvery to rust-coloured scales, wedge-shaped leaves that are scaly on the lower surface, and yellow flowers arranged in umbels on the ends of branchlets.
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Phebalium clavatum is a species of shrub that is endemic to Western Australia and is more or less covered with silvery scales. It has warty branchlets, more or less circular leaves with a large spherical gland and white flowers arranged singly on the ends of branchlets.
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Phebalium longifolium is a species of shrub that is endemic to far north Queensland. It is more or less covered with silvery to rust-coloured scales and has smooth branchlets, narrow elliptical to narrow lance-shaped leaves and cream-coloured flowers in umbels on the ends of branchlets. It grows in the boundary between forest and rainforest in tropical areas.
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Phebalium obovatum is a species of spreading shrub that is endemic to Western Australia. It has thick, egg-shaped or elliptical leaves densely covered with silvery scales on the lower side and white flowers arranged in umbels with silvery or rust-coloured scales on the back.
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