Английская Википедия:Babingtonia minutifolia

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Babingtonia minutifolia 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 an erect, widely spreading shrub with narrowly egg-shaped to elliptic leaves and pale pink flowers arranged singly in leaf axils, each flower with 16 to 19 stamens in a circle.

Description

Babingtonia minutifolia is an erect, widely spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of Шаблон:Cvt and has very slender branches. The leaves are mostly narrowly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, sometimes elliptic, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide on a petiole Шаблон:Cvt long. The flowers are arranged in singly in leaf axils on a peduncle Шаблон:Cvt long with bracteoles Шаблон:Cvt long at the base. The sepals are Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide pink, or sometimes absent. The petals are pale pink, Шаблон:Cvt long with 16 to 19 stamens in a circle. The ovary has three locules and the style is Шаблон:Cvt long. Flowering occurs from late September to December, and the fruit is a capsule Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt in diameter.[1][2]

Taxonomy

Babingtonia minutifolia was first formally described in 2015 by Barbara Rye and Malcolm Trudgen in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected south of Bunjil in 1981.[3] The specific epithet (minutifolia) means "very small leaves".[2]

Distribution and habitat

This species grows on rock outcrops in the area between Perenjori, Carnamah and Bunjil in the Avon Wheatbelt bioregion of south-western Western Australia.[1][2]

Conservation status

Babingtonia minutifolia is listed as "Priority One" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions,[1] meaning that it is known from only one or a few locations which are potentially at risk.[4]

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