Family: Myrtaceae
Thryptomene biseriata
Citation:
J. Green, sp. nov.
Synonymy: T. urceolaris sensu Jessop, List Vasc. Pl. S. Aust. edn 2:46 (1984), non F. Muell.
Common name: None
Description:
Shrub, erect, many-stemmed, c. 1 m high; leaves subglobose to shortly clavate, 1.5-2 mm long, sessile or nearly so, apex mucronate to shortly apiculate; inflorescences mostly 1-flowered, scattered among the branchlets.
peduncles 1-1.5 mm long; hypanthium narrowly obconical, 1.5-2 mm long, attenuated into a pedicel 1-2 mm long, smooth to rugose; sepals depressed-ovate, c. 1 mm long, distinctly clawed, inserted irregularly below the rim, pink; petals slightly longer, pink; stamens 5, opposite the sepals; connective gland globular, as large as the loculi; ovules 2, lateral.
seed 1.
Distribution:
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Red sand dunes.
S.Aust.: NW, NU. W.Aust.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: July.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Taxonomic notes:
The leaves resemble those of the W.Aust. goldfields species T. urceolaris which has the same number of stamens and ovules but completely different hypanthium and fruit.
Author:
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