''Homoranthus floydii'' 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 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 elsew ...

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Description

''Homoranthus floydii'' is easily distinguished from all other species of ''Homoranthus'' by its erect habit, shiny leaves that appear more pointed near the stem and rounded at the tip, long gaps between leaf nodes and particularly long flower stems. Flowering occurs from August to November and fruits mature from September to December.

Taxonomy and naming

''Homoranthus floydii'' 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 Gro ...

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

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''. 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 ...

(''floydii'') honours the Australian botanist,

Alexander Floyd Alexander Geoffrey Floyd (1 April 1926 – 12 December 2022) was an Australian botanist with an expert knowledge of rainforest plants, particularly the rainforest trees of New South Wales. He has worked with the New South Wales Forestry Commiss ...

Distribution and habitat

This species is endemic to the

Glenreagh Glenreagh is a small town in the Clarence Valley in the Northern Rivers region of north-eastern New South Wales, Australia. At the 2016 census, Glenreagh had a population of 900 people. It is on the North Coast railway line, completed to Gl ...

district of north-eastern New South Wales, where it grows on shallow rocky soils derived from sandstone in shrubby woodland.

Conservation status

''Homoranthus floydii'' is listed as "vulnerable" under the New South Wales Government '' Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016''.

References

External links

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