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Asteromyrtus
''Asteromyrtus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Myrtaceae family. It is closely related to ''Callistemon'' and ''Melaleuca''. History ''Asteromyrtus'' was described as a genus in 1843. The genus was subsequently subsumed into ''Melaleuca'' and '' Sinoga'', but was reinstated by Lyndley Craven in 1988 to accommodate seven species, all of which are tropical shrubs or small trees native to New Guinea, Maluku, or northern Australia,''Asteromyrtus''. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Kew. in lands peripheral to the Arafura Sea, and |
Asteromyrtus
''Asteromyrtus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Myrtaceae family. It is closely related to ''Callistemon'' and ''Melaleuca''. History ''Asteromyrtus'' was described as a genus in 1843. The genus was subsequently subsumed into ''Melaleuca'' and '' Sinoga'', but was reinstated by Lyndley Craven in 1988 to accommodate seven species, all of which are tropical shrubs or small trees native to New Guinea, Maluku, or northern Australia,''Asteromyrtus''. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Kew. in lands peripheral to the Arafura Sea, and |
Sinoga
''Asteromyrtus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Myrtaceae family. It is closely related to ''Callistemon'' and ''Melaleuca''. History ''Asteromyrtus'' was described as a genus in 1843. The genus was subsequently subsumed into ''Melaleuca'' and '' Sinoga'', but was reinstated by Lyndley Craven in 1988 to accommodate seven species, all of which are tropical shrubs or small trees native to New Guinea, Maluku, or northern Australia,''Asteromyrtus''. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Kew. in lands peripheral to the Arafura Sea, and |
Asteromyrtus Brassii
''Asteromyrtus brassii'', also known as Brass's asteromyrtus, is a species of plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae that is native to New Guinea and Australia. Description The species normally grows as a shrub or small tree up to about 6–9 m in height, though exceptionally up to 25 , with a trunk usually not more than 30 cm in diameter. The bark is layered and flaky, brown to dark grey in colour. The leaf blades are 50–60 mm long by 9–11 mm wide. The inflorescences are globose and sessile, with dark red to deep pink, brushlike flowers. The round fruits are 18–20 mm in diameter. Distribution and habitat In Australia, the species' natural ranger is restricted to the north-eastern Cape York Peninsula of Far North Queensland, no farther south than the McIlwraith Range The McIlwraith Range is a rugged, dissected granite plateau on Cape York Peninsula of Far North Queensland, Australia. Part of the Great Dividing Range, the McIlwraith Range c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asteromyrtus Angustifolia
''Asteromyrtus angustifolia'' is a species of plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae that is endemic to north-eastern Queensland, Australia. Description The species grows as a shrub or small tree up to about 6 m in height, with a diameter rarely more than 30 cm. The bark is finely layered. The leaves are about 25–60 mm long by 3–6 mm wide, and very aromatic when crushed. The flowers are cream to pink, with spherical inflorescences, the petals 3–6 mm long. The round fruits are about 10–20 mm in diameter. Distribution and habitat The species is found is north-east Queensland, including the Cape York Peninsula. It grows on the sandy soils of dune A dune is a landform composed of wind- or water-driven sand. It typically takes the form of a mound, ridge, or hill. An area with dunes is called a dune system or a dune complex. A large dune complex is called a dune field, while broad, f ...s and sand hills, in monsoon forest or vine thick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asteromyrtus Symphyocarpa
''Asteromyrtus symphyocarpa'', also known as the liniment tree, is a species of plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae that is native to New Guinea and northern Australia. Description In Australia, the species grows as a multi-stemmed shrub or small tree, usually to a height of 3–12 m, but can exceed that in New Guinea. It has delicate weeping, aromatic foliage, bright yellow to orange flowers in globular inflorescences, and seed pods along the branches. Distribution and habitat The species is adapted to infertile, acidic and waterlogged soils in the lowland tropics around the Gulf of Carpentaria. It is found in southern New Guinea in the Western Province (Papua New Guinea), Western Province of Papua New Guinea and in Papua Province in Western New Guinea. It also occurs across much of northern Australia from the Top End of the Northern Territory eastwards to the Cape York Peninsula of Far North Queensland. References Asteromyrtus, symphyocarpa Myrtales of Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asteromyrtus Magnifica
''Asteromyrtus magnifica'' is a species of plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae that is endemic to the Northern Territory of Australia. Description The species grows as a slender shrub or small tree up to 3 m in height by 1.5 m across. The bark is brown, rough and fibrous. The flowers occur as cream to yellow globular inflorescences. Distribution and habitat The species has a restricted distribution in the Top End of the Northern Territory. It occurs among dissected rocky outcrops and along seasonal creeks on the sandstone plateaus of Arnhem Land Arnhem Land is a historical region of the Northern Territory of Australia, with the term still in use. It is located in the north-eastern corner of the territory and is around from the territory capital, Darwin. In 1623, Dutch East India Compan ... as well as on Groote Eylandt and adjacent islands. References magnifica Myrtales of Australia Flora of the Northern Territory Endemic flora of Australia Plants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asteromyrtus Tranganensis
''Asteromyrtus tranganensis'' is a species of plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae that is native to the Aru Islands group of the Maluku archipelago of Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine .... References tranganensis Flora of the Maluku Islands Plants described in 1989 {{Myrtaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asteromyrtus Lysicephala
''Asteromyrtus lysicephala'', also known as Kennedy's heath or Lockhart River tea-tree, is a species of plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae that is native to the Aru Islands, southern New Guinea and northern Australia. Description The species grows mainly as a shrub to 3 m in height by 1.5 m across, occasionally as a small tree up to 13 m high. The leaves are small and the white to pale pink flowers the smallest of the genus. Distribution and habitat In Australia, the species’ natural range is restricted to the Cape York Peninsula of northern Queensland and the Top End of the Northern Territory. In New Guinea it occurs in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea and in Papua, as well as in the Aru Islands of Indonesia. It grows in heathlands A heath () is a shrubland habitat (ecology), habitat found mainly on free-draining infertile, acidic soils and characterised by open, low-growing woody vegetation. Moorland is generally related to high-ground heaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asteromyrtus Arnhemica
''Asteromyrtus arnhemica'' is a species of plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae that is native to northern Australia. Description The species grows as a shrub or small tree up to about 5 m in height. Distribution and habitat The species is found in the extreme north-eastern part of Western Australia in the Victoria Bonaparte bioregion and the north of the Northern Territory. It grows on sandstone Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains. Sandstones comprise about 20–25% of all sedimentary rocks. Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates) ... substrates along the banks of seasonal creeks, wet tracks and near waterfalls. References arnhemica Myrtales of Australia Flora of the Northern Territory Flora of Western Australia Endemic flora of Australia Plants described in 1984 {{Myrtaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrtaceae Genera
Myrtaceae, the myrtle family, is a family of dicotyledonous plants placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtus, Myrtle, Metrosideros, pōhutukawa, Pimenta racemosa, bay rum tree, clove, guava, Acca (plant), acca (feijoa), allspice, and eucalyptus are some notable members of this group. All species are woody, contain essential oils, and have flower parts in multiples of four or five. The leaf, leaves are evergreen, alternate to mostly opposite, simple, and usually entire (i.e., without a toothed margin). The flowers have a base number of five petals, though in several genera, the petals are minute or absent. The stamens are usually very conspicuous, brightly coloured, and numerous. Evolutionary history Scientists hypothesize that the family Myrtaceae arose between 60 and 56 million years ago (Mya) during the Paleocene era. Pollen fossils have been sourced to the ancient supercontinent Gondwana. The breakup of Gondwana during the Cretaceous period (145 to 66 Mya) geographically isol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrtaceae
Myrtaceae, the myrtle family, is a family of dicotyledonous plants placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtle, pōhutukawa, bay rum tree, clove, guava, acca (feijoa), allspice, and eucalyptus are some notable members of this group. All species are woody, contain essential oils, and have flower parts in multiples of four or five. The leaves are evergreen, alternate to mostly opposite, simple, and usually entire (i.e., without a toothed margin). The flowers have a base number of five petals, though in several genera, the petals are minute or absent. The stamens are usually very conspicuous, brightly coloured, and numerous. Evolutionary history Scientists hypothesize that the family Myrtaceae arose between 60 and 56 million years ago (Mya) during the Paleocene era. Pollen fossils have been sourced to the ancient supercontinent Gondwana. The breakup of Gondwana during the Cretaceous period (145 to 66 Mya) geographically isolated disjunct taxa and allowed for rapid speciation; i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melaleuca
''Melaleuca'' () is a genus of nearly 300 species of plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, commonly known as paperbarks, honey-myrtles or tea-trees (although the last name is also applied to species of '' Leptospermum''). They range in size from small shrubs that rarely grow to more than high, to trees up to . Their flowers generally occur in groups, forming a "head" or "spike" resembling a brush used for cleaning bottles, containing up to 80 individual flowers. Melaleucas are an important food source for nectarivorous insects, birds, and mammals. Many are popular garden plants, either for their attractive flowers or as dense screens and a few have economic value for producing fencing and oils such as "tea tree" oil. Most melaleucas are endemic to Australia, with a few also occurring in Malesia. Seven are endemic to New Caledonia, and one is found only on (Australia's) Lord Howe Island. Melaleucas are found in a wide variety of habitats. Many are adapted for life in swamp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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