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Melaleuca Phoidophylla
''Melaleuca phoidophylla'' 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 distinguished by its leaf arrangement, small raised blisters on the leaves and heads of white or cream flowers on the ends of the branches in spring. Description ''Melaleuca phoidophylla'' is a shrub sometimes growing to tall. Its leaves are arranged in rings of three around the stem and are long, wide, linear to narrow egg-shaped and with a rounded end. The leaves have small blisters and in cross section are crescent moon-shaped to semicircular. The flowers are cream to white, sometimes pinkish and arranged in heads on the ends of branches which continue to grow after flowering. The heads are up to in diameter with 3 to 18 individual flowers. The petals are long and fall off as the flower matures. There are five bundles of stamens around the flower, each with 7 to 11 stamens. Flowering occurs from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Alwyn Barlow
Bryan Alwyn Barlow (born 1933) is an Australian botanist. He was a member of Committee of the "Flora of Australia" 1982–1984, and 1986–1988. He is a former director of the Australian National Herbarium (1981-1988). He authored many Myrtaceae, Loranthaceae and Viscaceae Viscaceae is a taxonomic family name of flowering plants. In this circumscription, the family includes the several genera of mistletoes. This family name is currently being studied and under review as in past decades, several systems of plant tax ... species. Some Publications Books/book chapters * 1986''Flora and fauna of alpine Australasia: ages and origins'' Ed. Brill. 543 pp. * 1996.Viscaceae in Flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonie. . Articles * 1958. Heteroploid twins and apomixis in ''Casuarina nana'' Sieb. ''Australian Journal of Botany'' 6, 204–219. * 195''Cytological studies in the genus Casuarina''.206 pp. (Doctoral dissertation, University of Sydney_ * 1966. A revision of the Loranthaceae of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
