''Homoranthus brevistylis'' is a plant in the family Myrtaceae and is

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to a small area in Queensland. It is an upright shrub with pointed, linear leaves and groups of up to four pale yellow flowers in leaf axils. It is only known from the

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Description

''Homoranthus brevistylis'' is an ascending shrub to high and wide. The leaves are aromatic, dull grey-green, and arranged in opposite pairs. The peak flowering time is in spring but has been recorded from May to September.

Taxonomy and naming

''Homoranthus brevistylis'' was first formally described in 2011 by Lachlan Copeland,

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and Jeremy Bruhl from a specimen collected on the Blackdown Tableland in 2000 and the description was published in ''

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''. The specific epithet (''brevistylis'') refers to the short

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of this species.

Distribution and habitat

This homoranthus is found in a single population ~100km south-east of Emerald, Queensland. It grows in skeletal, sandy soil in crevices of sandy outcrops.

Conservation status

Due to its small population a ROTAP conservation code 2ECit using Briggs and Leigh criteria (1996). IUCN (2010) 'Endangered'.

References

External links

The Australasian Virtual Herbarium – Occurrence data for ''Homoranthus brevistylis''
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