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Melaleuca Uxorum
''Melaleuca uxorum'' is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is Endemism, endemic to the northern Herberton Range in Far North Queensland, far north Queensland. It is a newly described (2004) species similar to ''Melaleuca sylvana'' and ''Melaleuca monantha'', also from far north Queensland. Description ''Melaleuca uxorum'' is a shrub growing to a height of . Its leaves are arranged in alternating pairs (Phyllotaxis, decussate), long, wide, v-shaped in cross section and lacking a stalk. Head of flowers appear on the ends of the branches in November and December, each head composed of 4 to 12 groups of flowers, each group composed of three flowers. The heads are in diameter. The stamens are pure white, in five bundles around the flower with 6 to 12 stamens per bundle. The fruit are woody Capsule (botany), capsules long. Taxonomy and naming This species was first formally described in 2004 by Lyndley Craven, Glenn Holmes (botanist), Glenn Holmes and Garry Sankowsky in ... [...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] |
