''Aggreflorum speciosum'' is a species of flowering 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 ...

shrub, and is endemic to eastern Australia. It has pale bark that is shed in strips, broadly lance-shaped to elliptical leaves, white flowers arranged singly or in groups of up to three in leaf

axils A leaf ( : leaves) is any of the principal appendages of a vascular plant stem, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", while the leaves, st ...

, and small, woody fruit that falls off when mature.

Description

''Aggreflorum speciosum'' is a shrub that typically grows to a height of but sometimes a tree to . It has pale bark that is shed in strips, the younger stems covered with fine hairs. The leaves are lance-shaped to elliptical, mostly long and wide with the base almost stem-clasping. The flowers are white, borne singly or in groups of three and are about wide. The

floral cup In angiosperms, a hypanthium or floral cup is a structure where basal portions of the calyx, the corolla, and the stamens form a cup-shaped tube. It is sometimes called a floral tube, a term that is also used for corolla tube and calyx tube. It ...

is covered with soft hairs and about long, tapering to a very short

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. The sepals are egg-shaped to triangular, about long, the

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 long and the stamens about long. Flowering mainly occurs in August and September and the fruit is a woody capsule about in diameter with the remains of the sepals attached, but that falls off when mature.

Taxonomy

This species was first formally described in 1843 by Johannes Conrad Schauer who gave it the name ''Leptospermum speciosum'' in Walper's book ''Repertorium Botanices Systematicae''. In 2023,

Peter Gordon Wilson Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a su ...

transferred the species to the genus ''Aggreflorum'' as ''A. speciosum'' in the journal '' Taxon''. 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 ...

(''speciosum'') is a Latin word meaning "showy" or "splendid".

Distribution and habitat

''Aggreflorum speciosum'' grows in heath in coastal swamps south from Fraser Island in Queensland to near the Clarence River in New South Wales.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15368560 speciosum Myrtales of Australia Flora of New South Wales Flora of Queensland Plants described in 1843 Taxa named by Johannes Conrad Schauer