Melaleuca camptoclada
| Melaleuca camptoclada | |
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| M. camptoclada in the Stirling Range National Park | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Melaleuca |
| Species: | M. camptoclada |
| Binomial name | |
| Melaleuca camptoclada F.C.Quinn | |
Melaleuca camptoclada is a shrub in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It was first described in 1990 in a review of the genus Melaleuca when the species Melaleuca laxiflora at that time was found to comprise ten species. Two of those species were new - M. camptoclada and M. ctenoides.[1]
Description
Melaleuca camptoclada is a shrub growing to a height of about 3 m (10 ft). Its leaves and branches are glabrous or almost so. The leaves are 2.9–5.5 mm (0.1–0.2 in) long and 1.5–1.8 mm (0.06–0.07 in) wide and elliptical in shape.[2]
The flowers are mauve and are arranged in heads or spikes to 16 mm (0.6 in) in diameter, with 5 to 15 individual flowers. The petals are 1.5–2.4 mm (0.06–0.09 in) long and fall off as the flowers open. The stamens are arranged in five bundles around the flower with 9 to 16 stamens in each bundle. Flowering occurs from September to November and the fruit are woody capsules, 2.5–3.5 mm (0.098–0.14 in) long.[2]
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Taxonomy and naming
Melaleuca camptoclada was first formally described in 1990 by F.C.Quinn from a specimen found near the Stirling Ranges.[3] The specific epithet (camptoclada) is from the Greek kamptos meaning "to bend"[4]:181 and κλάδος (kládos) meaning "shoot" or "branch"[4]:162 "in reference to the habit of this species".[2]
Distribution and habitat
This melaleuca occurs in the Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Warren biogeographic regions.[5] It grows in gravelly sand and clay loam.[6]
Conservation
Melaleuca camptoclada is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife.[5]
References
- ↑ Cowley, KJ; Quinn, FC; Barlow, BA; Craven, LA (1990). "Contributions to a revision of (Myrtaceae): 7–10". Australian Systematic Botany. 3 (2): 165. doi:10.1071/SB9900165. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- 1 2 3 Brophy, Joseph J.; Craven, Lyndley A.; Doran, John C. (2013). Melaleucas : their botany, essential oils and uses. Canberra: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research. p. 111. ISBN 9781922137517.
- ↑ "Melaleuca camptoclada". APNI. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- 1 2 Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
- 1 2 "Melaleuca camptoclada". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
- ↑ Paczkowska, Grazyna; Chapman, Alex R. (2000). The Western Australian flora : a descriptive catalogue. Perth: Wildflower Society of Western Australia. p. 392. ISBN 0646402439.