Английская Википедия:Babingtonia maleyae

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Babingtonia maleyae, commonly known as the Narrogin babingtonia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a compact shrub with narrowly egg-shaped to elliptic leaves and white flowers usually arranged singly in leaf axils, each flower with 17 to 20 stamens.

Description

Babingtonia maleyae is a compact shrub that typically grows to a height of Шаблон:Cvt and has erect, slender stems. The leaves are mostly narrowly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide on a petiole Шаблон:Cvt long. The flowers are usually arranged in singly in leaf axils on a peduncle Шаблон:Cvt long with a bracteole Шаблон:Cvt long at the base. The sepals are Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide and the petals are white, Шаблон:Cvt long with 17 to 20 stamens in each flower. The ovary has three locules and the style is Шаблон:Cvt long. Flowering has been observed in January and February, and the fruit is a capsule Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt in diameter.

Taxonomy

Babingtonia maleyae was first formally described in 2015 by Barbara Rye and Malcolm Trudgen in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected east of Narrogin in 2001. The specific epithet (maleyae) honours Sandra Maley, who prepared draft descriptions of many new species of Chamelaucieae.

Distribution and habitat

This species is only known from a few locations near Narrogin, where it grows in sandy loam with lateritic gravel, in the Avon Wheatbelt biogeographic region of south-western Western Australia.

Conservation status

Babingtonia maleyae is listed as "Priority Two" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, meaning that it is poorly known and from only one or a few locations.