''Calothamnus montanus'' is a plant in the myrtle
family,
Myrtaceae
Myrtaceae, the myrtle family, is a family of dicotyledonous plants placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtle, pōhutukawa, bay rum tree, clove, guava, acca (feijoa), allspice, and eucalyptus are some notable members of this group. All speci ...
and is
endemic to the south-west of
Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with short, needle-shaped leaves and red flowers with four stamen bundles. (In 2014
Craven
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* Craven in the Domesday Book, an area of Yorkshire, England, larger area than the district
** Craven District, a local government district of North Yorkshire formed in 1974
Places
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, Edwards and Cowley proposed that the species be renamed ''Melaleuca georgi''.)
Description
''Calothamnus montanus'' is a shrub growing to a height of about with stems that are hairy at first but become
glabrous and thick over time. Its leaves are needle-like, mostly long and wide and circular in cross section.
The flowers have 4
sepals and 4
petal
Petals are modified Leaf, leaves that surround the reproductive parts of flowers. They are often advertising coloration, brightly colored or unusually shaped to attract pollinators. All of the petals of a flower are collectively known as the ''c ...
s. The
stamen
The stamen (plural ''stamina'' or ''stamens'') is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower. Collectively the stamens form the androecium., p. 10
Morphology and terminology
A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filame ...
s are partly red, partly green and are arranged in 4 claw-like bundles, each about long. The petals are long. Flowering occurs from October to January and is followed by fruits which are woody, flattened spherical
capsules, long and partly buried in the stem.
Taxonomy and naming
''Calothamnus montanus'' was first formally described in 2010 by
Alex George Alexander or Alex George may refer to:
*Alex George (botanist) (born 1939), Australian botanist
* Alexander L. George (1920–2006), American political scientist
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from a specimen found in the
Stirling Range National Park.
The
specific epithet
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
(''montanus'') is "from the Latin ''montanus'' (montane), in reference to the occurrence".
Distribution and habitat
''Calothamnus montanus'' occurs in the Stirling Range National Park in the
Esperance Plains biogeographic region where it grows in soil derived from metamorphic rocks.
Conservation
''Calothamnus montanus'' is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government
Department of Parks and Wildlife
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.
References
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montanus
Myrtales of Australia
Plants described in 2010
Endemic flora of Western Australia