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Melaleuca Delta
''Melaleuca delta'' is a plant in the myrtle Family (biology), family, Myrtaceae and is Endemism, endemic to the Southwest Australia, south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub resembling ''Melaleuca marginata'' with its heads of white flowers in late spring but is distinguished from that species by the length of its Stigma (botany), style. Its species name is derived from the name for a computer software application. Description ''Melaleuca delta'' is a shrub often growing to high with the young branches covered with soft, silky hairs. Its leaves are arranged alternately, long, wide, narrow elliptic or narrow egg-shaped with the end tapering to a point. The flowers are white and arranged in heads on the sides of the branches. The heads are up to in diameter and composed of 1 to 7 individual flowers. The style is long (compared to in ''Melaleuca marginata''). The petals are long and fall off as the flower ages. There are five bundles of stamens around the flower ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyndley Craven
Lyndley Alan Craven (3 September 1945 – 11 July 2014) was a botanist who became the Principal Research Scientist of the Australian National Herbarium. Lyndley ("Lyn") Craven worked for the CSIRO plant taxonomy unit of the New Guinea Survey Group, Division of Land Research and Regional Survey from 1964 to 1967. This was part of a unit that became the Australian National Herbarium, Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research. Craven's duties included botanical support for land resources surveys. Craven then left to study horticulture at Burnley Horticultural College, Victoria, earning the degree of Diploma of Horticultural Science in 1970 before being briefly employed by the Parks and Gardens Branch of Department of the Interior, Canberra. Part of this department later became the Canberra Botanic Garden and eventually the Australian National Herbarium, Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research at the Australian National Botanic Gardens. In 1984, he earned the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |