| Thryptomene nealensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Thryptomene |
| Species: | T. nealensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Thryptomene nealensis | |
Thryptomene nealensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to central areas of Western Australia. It is a shrub with overlapping, decussate, linear leaves and pink flowers with five petals and usually five stamens.
Thryptomene nealensis is a shrub that typically grows a height of 30 cm (12 in). Its leaves are decussate, overlapping, thick, 2–5 mm (0.079–0.197 in) long and about 0.6 mm (0.024 in) wide. The flowers are arranged singly in scattered leaf axils on a slightly flattened peduncle 0.3–0.7 mm (0.012–0.028 in) long. The sepals are more or less round, petal-like and pink, about 1 mm (0.039 in) long, the petals similar to the sepals but slightly longer. There are five, occasionally six stamens. Flowering occurs has been recorded in October. [2] [3]
Thryptomene nealensis was first formally described in 1980 by John Green in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected near Neale Junction in the Great Victoria Desert by Alex George in 1966. [4] The specific epithet (nealensis) refers to the type location. [2]
This thryptomene is found on rocky breakaways in the Great Victoria Desert and Murchison biogeographic regions. [2] [3]
Thryptomene nealensis is classified as "Priority Three" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife [3] meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat. [5]
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Thryptomene calcicola is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area in the north-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, sometimes spreading shrub with upwards-pointing linear leaves, and pinkish-mauve flowers with five petals and ten stamens.
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Thryptomene eremaea is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with upward-pointing, oval leaves and white or pale pink flowers with five petals and ten irregularly arranged stamens.
Thryptomene globifera is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to western areas of Western Australia. It is a shrub with crowded, upward-pointing, broadly egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and pale pink or mauve flowers with ten stamens.
Thryptomene hubbardii is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area in the west of Western Australia. It is a spreading shrub with crowded broadly egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and flowers with five pale pink petals and nine or ten stamens.
Thryptomene johnsonii is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of Western Australia. It is a bushy shrub with rigid branches, egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base and pink flowers with five petals and usually eight stamens.
Thryptomene mucronulata is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with upward-pointing, overlapping, egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base and pink flowers with five petals and ten stamens.
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Thryptomene orbiculata is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with broadly egg-shaped to more or less round leaves, and flowers with five pinkish petals and usually ten stamens.
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Thryptomene podantha is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and flowers with pink sepals and petals and ten stamens.
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