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Thryptomene
''Thryptomene'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus ''Thryptomene'' are shrubs with small leaves arranged in opposite pairs and white or pink flowers. About forty-seven species of ''Thryptomene'', occurring in all Australian states and the Northern Territory, have been formally described. Description Plants in the genus ''Thryptomene'' are erect, slender shrubs typically growing to a height of with small leaves arranged in opposite pairs with oil glands especially visible on the lower surface. The flowers are usually arranged singly or in pairs in leaf axils, and usually have five sepals, five white or pink petals and five, rarely ten or fifteen stamens. The fruit is a nut usually containing a single seed. Taxonomy The genus ''Thryptomene'' was first formally described in 1838 by Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher in ''Stirpium Australasicarum Herbarii Hugeliani Decades Tres'', published in the journal ''Annalen d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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''Thryptomene'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus ''Thryptomene'' are shrubs with small leaves arranged in opposite pairs and white or pink flowers. About forty-seven species of ''Thryptomene'', occurring in all Australian states and the Northern Territory, have been formally described. Description Plants in the genus ''Thryptomene'' are erect, slender shrubs typically growing to a height of with small leaves arranged in opposite pairs with oil glands especially visible on the lower surface. The flowers are usually arranged singly or in pairs in leaf axils, and usually have five sepals, five white or pink petals and five, rarely ten or fifteen stamens. The fruit is a nut usually containing a single seed. Taxonomy The genus ''Thryptomene'' was first formally described in 1838 by Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher also known as Endlicher István László (24 June 1804, Bratislava ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thryptomene Australis
''Thryptomene australis'', commonly known as hook-leaf thryptomene, is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, bushy and spreading shrub with upward-pointing leaves with the tip curving outwards, and flowers with white petals arranged spike-like near the ends of the branchlets. Description ''Thryptomene australis'' is an erect, bushy and spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of with upwards-pointing leaves with the tip curving outwards. The leaves are linear to narrow egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, long and wide on a petiole long. The flowers are arranged in pairs in up to eleven leaf axils near the end of branchlets. The flowers are diameter with egg-shaped to broadly elliptic white or pale pink sepals about long and wide. The petals are white, broadly egg-shaped, long, and there are seven to ten stamens. Flowering mainly occurs between July and November ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thryptomene Saxicola
''Thryptomene saxicola'', commonly known as rock thryptomene, is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a spreading shrub with small oval or egg-shaped leaves and pale pink flowers arranged in leaf axils. It is hardy plant, common in cultivation, sometimes as "Payne's hybrid" or ''Thryptomene paynei''. Description ''Thryptomene saxicola'' is a spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of . It has oval to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base and long. The flowers are pale pink to white with five sepals, five more or less circular petals and ten stamens. Flowering mainly occurs from February to November, but flowers are often present in most months. Taxonomy This species was first formally described in 1832 by Joseph Dalton Hooker in the '' Botanical Magazine'' and given the name ''Baeckea saxicola'' from an unpublished description by Allan Cunningham. In 1844, Johannes Con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thryptomene Calycina
''Thryptomene calycina'', commonly known as Grampians thryptomene, is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to Victoria in Australia. It is an erect or spreading shrub with oblong, elliptic or egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end toward the base, and white flowers with five stamens. Description ''Thryptomene calycina'' is an erect or spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of . Its leaves are oblong to elliptic or egg-shaped with the narrower end toward the base, long, wide and sessile with a keel on the lower surface. The flowers are borne singly, in pairs or groups of three in upper leaf axils on a pedicel long. The flowers are often pinkish in bud, the sepals and petals similar to each other, white, broadly elliptic, about long and there are five stamens. Flowering mostly occurs from July to November. Taxonomy This species was first formally described in 1838 by John Lindley who gave it the name ''Baeckea calycina'' in Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thryptomene Decussata
''Thryptomene decussata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with upward pointing, egg-shaped leaves, and white or pink flowers with five petals and twenty to thirty stamens in two whorls. Description ''Thryptomene decussata'' is an erect, open shrub that typically grows to a height of , often with large galls on the stems and flowers. Its leaves are pointed upwards and broadly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, long and wide on a petiole long. The flowers are arranged in pairs in up to three adjacent leaf axils, on peduncles about long with bracteoles long that remain until the fruit falls. The flowers are in diameter and cup-shaped with egg-shaped, pinkish sepals long and wide. The petals are pink, long and there are twenty to thirty stamens in two whorls, some with filaments up to long. Flowering occurs from May to November. Taxonomy This species was first formally de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thryptomene Costata
''Thryptomene costata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with upward pointing, egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and white or pink flowers with five petals and ten stamens. Description ''Thryptomene costata'' is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of and has many branches from just above ground level. Its leaves are pointed upwards and egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, long and wide on a petiole long. The flowers are arranged in pairs in up to four adjacent leaf axils, on peduncles long with egg-shaped bracteoles long that fall from the flower buds. The flowers are in diameter with egg-shaped, white or pale pink sepals long. The petals are white to deep pink, long and there are ten stamens opposite the sepals and petals. Flowering occurs from May to November. Taxonomy ''Thryptomene costata'' was first formally described in 2001 by B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thryptomene Biseriata
''Thryptomene biseriata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to arid areas of southern central Australia. It is an erect, multi-stemmed shrub with more or less round to club-shaped leaves and pink flowers with five petals and five stamens. Description ''Thryptomene biseriata'' is an erect, multi-stemmed shrub that typically grows to a height of . Its leaves are more or less round to club-shaped, long and sessile with a short point on the tip. The flowers are arranged singly in leaf axils, scattered along the branchlets, each flower on a pedicel long. The five sepals are pink, egg-shaped and long with a distinct claw on the end. The petals are white or pink, slightly longer than the sepals and there are five stamens opposite the sepals. Flowering occurs in March or from October to December. Taxonomy ''Thryptomene biseriata'' was first formally described in 1986 by John Green in the ''Flora of South Australia'' from specimens collected by Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thryptomene Denticulata
''Thryptomene denticulata'' is a shrub species in the family Myrtaceae that is endemic to Western Australia. The erect shrub typically grows to a height of in height. It blooms between May and November producing purple-pink flowers. It generally grows to a width of about and has tiny leaves. It is found on sand plains in the Mid West, Gascoyne and Wheatbelt regions of Western Australia between Shark Bay and Wongan Hills where it grows in sandy soils. The plant is quite drought tolerant once it has become established. It will grow well in full sun or in part shade. The leaves can be eaten by caterpillars and the plant has a lifespan of five to ten years. The species was initially described as ''Scholtzia denticulata'' in 1864 by the botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in the work '' Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae'' from specimens collected near the Murchison River by Augustus Oldfield Augustus Frederick Oldfield (1821–1887) was an English botanist and zoologist who made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thryptomene Calcicola
''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. Description ''Thryptomene calcicola'' is an erect, sometimes spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of . Its leaves are directed upwards, linear, long and wide on a petiole long. The flowers are arranged raceme-like in groups of four to fifteen on a peduncle long with egg-shaped bracteoles long and that remain until the fruit is shed. The flowers are in diameter with glossy, egg-shaped sepals long. The petals are pinkish-mauve, long and there are usually ten stamens. Flowering occurs from June to late October. Taxonomy ''Thryptomene calcicola'' was first formally described in 2014 by Barbara Lynette Rye in the journal '' Nuytsia'' from specimens collected by Malcolm Eric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thryptomene Dampieri
''Thryptomene dampieri'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the north-west of Western Australia. It is a low, spreading shrub with prostrate stems, broadly egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and pinkish flowers with five petals and ten stamens. Description ''Thryptomene dampieri'' is usually a low, spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of with sprawling or prostrate stems that often form adventitious roots. Its leaves are more or less pressed against the stem, egg-shaped with the lower end towards the base, long and wide on a petiole long. The flowers are arranged in pairs in groups of up to eight along flowering branchlets on a peduncle long with egg-shaped bracteoles long that remain until the fruit is shed. The flowers are in diameter with pale pink, egg-shaped sepals long. The petals are pink or pinkish-purple, long and there are usually ten stamens. Flowering occurs from April to September ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thryptomene Caduca
''Thryptomene caduca'' 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 a spreading shrub with crowded egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and pink flowers with five petals and seven to nine stamens. Description ''Thryptomene caduca'' is a spreading shrub that typically grows to high and about wide. Its leaves are crowded on the branchlets, pointing upwards and egg-shaped to more or less round, long and wide on a petiole less than long. The flowers are arranged raceme-like in groups of two to six on a peduncle long with egg-shaped bracteoles long that fall from the flower buds. The flowers are in diameter with egg-shaped to heart-shaped, pink sepals usually long and keeled. The petals are pink, long and there are seven to nine stamens. Flowering mainly occurs from July to September. Taxonomy ''Thryptomene caduca'' was first formally described in 2014 by Barbar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thryptomene Cuspidata
''Thryptomene cuspidata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a dense erect shrub that typically grows to a height of and blooms between July and November producing white or pink flowers. The species was first formally described in 1852 by Nikolai Turczaninow and given the name ''Paryphantha cuspidata'' in the ''Bulletin de la classe physico-mathematique de l'Academie Imperiale des sciences de Saint-Petersburg''. In 1985, John Green changed the name to ''Thryptomene cuspidata''. ''Thryptomene cuspidata'' is found on plains and among granite outcrops in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Geraldton Sandplains and Mallee biogeographic regions A biogeographic realm or ecozone is the broadest biogeographic division of Earth's land surface, based on distributional patterns of terrestrial organisms. They are subdivided into bioregions, which are further subdivided into ecoregions. De ... in the south-west of Wes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
