Homoranthus flavescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Homoranthus
Species:
H. flavescens
Binomial name
Homoranthus flavescens
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms[1]
  • Darwinia flavescens A.Cunn. ex Schauer
  • Enosanthes flavescens A.Cunn. ex Schauer

Homoranthus flavescens is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to northern New South Wales. It is a low, spreading, flat-topped shrub with cylinder-shaped or flattened leaves. Single yellow to reddish flowers appear in leaf axils in late spring and summer, forming clusters near the end of the branchlets.[2][3][4]

Description

Homoranthus flavescens grow to 0.5 metres high and 1 metre in width and have leaves are 6 to 10 mm long and up to 1.5 mm in width. Yellow flowers appear in late spring and summer.[2] Fruits September-December.[5]

Taxonomy and naming

Homoranthus flavescens was first formally described in 1843 by Johannes Conrad Schauer from an unpublished description by Allan Cunningham. The description was published in Monographia Myrtacearum Xerocarpicarum.[6][7] The specific epithet (flavescens) is the incipient form[8]: 44  of the Latin word flavus meaning "yellow" or "golden yellow".[8]: 872 

Distribution and habitat

Grows from Yetman in far northern New South Wales to Dubbo and Merriwa districts. Grows most commonly on sandstone in shrubby woodland or heath.[5]

Conservation status

Widespread, often locally common and well reserved.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Homoranthus flavescens". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  2. 1 2 Harden, Gwen J. "Homoranthus flavescens". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Homoranthus flavescens". Australian Native Plants. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  4. ↑ Lodder, Mary S. "Homoranthus flavescens". Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 Copeland, Lachlan M.; Craven, Lyn A.; Bruhl, Jeremy J. (2011). "A taxonomic review of Homoranthus (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 24 (6): 351. doi:10.1071/SB11015.
  6. ↑ "Homoranthus flavescens". APNI. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  7. ↑ Schauer, Johannes C. (1843). Monographia Myrtacearum Xerocarpicarum. pp. 192–193. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  8. 1 2 Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.



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