Английская Википедия:Babingtonia triandra

Материал из Онлайн справочника
Перейти к навигацииПерейти к поиску

Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Speciesbox

Babingtonia triandra, commonly known as triplet babingtonia,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of the southwest of Western Australia. It is a low, spreading to almost prostrate shrub with linear leaves and white flowers usually arranged in groups of up to 16 in leaf axils, each flower with 3 widely spaced stamens.

Description

Babingtonia triandra is a low, spreading to almost prostrate shrub that typically grows to a height of Шаблон:Cvt, the leaves clustered on short side-shoots. The leaves are linear to very narrowly oblong, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide on a petiole Шаблон:Cvt long. Both surfaces of the leaves have rows of one or two rows of oil minute glands on each side of the mid-vein. The flowers are arranged in groups, sometimes up to 16 in leaf axils on a peduncle Шаблон:Cvt long with bracts Шаблон:Cvt long but that fall off as the flowers open, and smaller bracteoles. The sepals are Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide and the petals are white, Шаблон:Cvt long with 3 widely spaced stamens. The ovary has a single locules and the style is Шаблон:Cvt long. Flowering occurs in December to February, and the fruit is a more or less urn-shaped capsule Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt in diameter.[1][2]

Taxonomy

Babingtonia triandra was first formally described in 2015 by Barbara Rye and Malcolm Trudgen in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected in the Calingiri area in 2003.[3] The specific epithet (triandra) means "three stamens".[2]

Distribution and habitat

This species grows in Melaleuca thickets in a winter-wet depression near Calingiri in the Jarrah Forest bioregion of south-western Western Australia.[1][2]

Conservation status

Babingtonia triandra is listed as "Priority Two" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions,[1] meaning that it is poorly known and from only one or a few locations.[4]

References

Шаблон:Reflist

Шаблон:Taxonbar