''Homoranthus biflorus'' is a flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...

to a small area in northern New South Wales. It is an erect shrub with cylinder-shaped leaves and small groups of usually yellow flowers.

Description

''Homoranthus biflorus'' is an erect shrub which grows to a height of . It has

glabrous Glabrousness (from the Latin '' glaber'' meaning "bald", "hairless", "shaved", "smooth") is the technical term for a lack of hair, down, setae, trichomes or other such covering. A glabrous surface may be a natural characteristic of all or part of ...

, linear, more or less cylinder-shaped leaves with a pointed tip. The leaf blade is linear in side view, less than thick. Flowers appear singly or in pairs and are red, yellow, or greenish-yellow with petals about long surrounding the base of a

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which is long. Flowers and fruits sporadically throughout the year , although primarily between October and January.

Taxonomy and naming

''Homoranthus biflorus'' was first formally described in 1991 by

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 Gr ...

and S.R.Jones and the description was published in ''

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''.The specific epithet (''biflorus'') means "two flowered".

Distribution and habitat

This homoranthus grows in heath and woodland on volcanic ridges on the

Northern Tablelands The Northern Tablelands, also known as the New England Tableland, is a plateau and a region of the Great Dividing Range in northern New South Wales, Australia. It includes the New England Range, the narrow highlands area of the New England regio ...

of New South Wales.

Conservation status

Locally common though restricted in distribution, Barbara Briggs and John Leigh (1996) gave this species a conservation code of 2RCat;. However 2RC is more appropriate given that some plants near Pindarri Dam are unreserved.

References

External links

The Australasian Virtual Herbarium – Occurrence data for ''Homoranthus biflorus''
{{Taxonbar, from= Q15367513 biflorus Flora of New South Wales Myrtales of Australia Plants described in 1991