Английская Википедия:Babingtonia delicata

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Babingtonia delicata is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area in the southwest of Western Australia. It is a slender shrub with erect stems, linear leaves and bright pink flowers in groups of up to three, each flower with 4 to 8 stamens.

Description

Babingtonia delicata is a shrub that typically grows to a height of Шаблон:Cvt, and has slender, erect stems. The leaves are sometimes densely clustered, linear, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide on a petiole Шаблон:Cvt long. The flowers are arranged in groups of up to three on a peduncle Шаблон:Cvt long, each flower on a pedicel up to Шаблон:Cvt long. The sepals are about Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide and the petals are bright pink, Шаблон:Cvt long. There are 4 to 8 stamens in each flower. The ovary has a single locule and the style is Шаблон:Cvt long. Flowering occurs in November and December, and the fruit is a capsule Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide.

Taxonomy

Babingtonia delicata was first formally described in 2015 by Barbara Rye and Malcolm Trudgen in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected near Cataby in 2004. The specific epithet (delicata) means "dainty", referring to the form of the plant and its small, attractive flowers.

Distribution and habitat

This species mostly grows in sandy soils in low-lying, winter-wet areas near Cataby, in the Geraldton Sandplains and Swan Coastal Plain biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.

Conservation status

Babingtonia delicata is listed as "Priority one" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, meaning that it is known from only one or a few locations that are potentially at risk.