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Melaleuca Interioris
''Melaleuca interioris'' is a plant in the myrtle Family (biology), family, Myrtaceae and is Endemism, endemic to Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales and the Northern Territory. It was formerly included in ''Melaleuca uncinata'' and is similar to that species with its cylinder-shaped leaves and small heads of yellow flowers, but with smaller, less compressed fruiting capsules. Description ''Melaleuca interioris'' is a shrub growing to tall with papery bark. Its leaves are spreading or erect and are long, wide, linear in shape, roughly circular to oblong in cross-section and end in a sharp point. The flowers are yellow and are arranged in heads which are composed of 4 to 9 groups of flowers in threes. The petals are long, circular to egg-shaped and fall off as the flower opens. There are five bundles of stamens around the flower, each with 4 to 9 stamens. Flowering occurs between August and November and is followed by fruit which are woody Capsule ( ... [...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] |