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Melaleuca Formosa
''Melaleuca formosa'', commonly known as Kingaroy bottlebrush or cliff bottlebrush is a plant in the myrtle Family (biology), family, Myrtaceae and is Endemism, endemic to a small area in Queensland and peripherally in New South Wales, Australia (Some Australian state Herbarium, herbaria continue to use the name ''Callistemon formosus''). It is a shrub with weeping branches and spikes of lemon-coloured flowers in spring. Description ''Melaleuca formosa'' is a spreading shrub growing to tall. Its leaves are arranged alternately and are long, wide, flat, narrow egg-shaped or narrow elliptical with a mid-vein and have distinct oil glands and 11 to 24 branching veins. The flowers are whitish through cream to lime-green and arranged in spikes on the ends of branches that continue to grow after flowering as well as on the sides of the branches. The spikes are up to in diameter with 20 to 40 individual flowers. The petals are long and fall off as the flower ages. There are 57 to 6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Thatcher Blake
Stanley Thatcher Blake (1910 – 24 February 1973) was an Australian botanist who served as president of the Royal Society of Queensland and who was associated with the Queensland Herbarium beginning in 1945 until his death. Background Prior to his stint with the Herbarium, Blake received a Walter and Eliza Hall Fellowship which allowed him to undertake botanical collecting expeditions to Western Queensland (1935–1937). Blake is also credited with validating the name ''Melaleuca quinquenervia'', which was initially proposed by Antonio José Cavanilles Antonio José Cavanilles (16 January 1745 – 5 May 1804) was a leading Spanish taxonomic botanist of the 18th century. He named many plants, particularly from Oceania. He named at least 100 genera, about 54 of which were still used in 2004, ... (1745–1804). References *Bright SparksBlake, Stanley Thatcher (1911–1973) 1910 births 1973 deaths 20th-century Australian botanists Royal Society of Queensland Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |