Thryptomene hyporhytis

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Thryptomene hyporhytis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Thryptomene
Species:
T. hyporhytis
Binomial name
Thryptomene hyporhytis

Thryptomene hyporhytis is a shrub species in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It grows to between 0.2 and 0.7 metres high and produces white or pink flowers between June and October in the species' native range. [2] It was first formally described in 1862 by Nikolai Turczaninow in Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou. [3] [4] The specific epithet (hyporhytis) means "under wrinkle", referring to the ribbed floral cup. [5]

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References

  1. "Thryptomene hyporhytis". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  2. "Thryptomene hyporhytis". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  3. "Thryptomene hyporhytis". APNI. Retrieved 3 May 2021.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. Turczaninow, Nikolai (1862). "Thryptomene hyporhytis". Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou. 35 (3): 326–327. Retrieved 3 May 2021.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  5. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 221. ISBN   9780958034180.