Английская Википедия:Beaufortia elegans

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Italic title Шаблон:Speciesbox Beaufortia elegans, commonly known as elegant beaufortia,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is an erect, diffuse shrub with crowded, curved leaves and heads of flowers that are usually reddish purple, although other colours also occur.

Description

Beaufortia elegans is an erect, usually spreading shrub which grows to a height of Шаблон:Convert. The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs and are Шаблон:Convert long, crowded, dished, curved and lacking a stalk.[1][2][3]

The flowers are usually red to dark purplish red but other colours and white flowers are sometimes seen. They are arranged in heads about Шаблон:Convert in diameter, on the ends of branches which continue to grow after flowering. The flowers have 5 sepals, 5 petals and 5 bundles of stamens. Each bundle contains 4 to 7 stamens joined for about Шаблон:Convert long of their length with the free parts a further Шаблон:Convert long. Flowering occurs from June to January but mostly from October to December and is followed by fruits which are woody, almost spherical capsules Шаблон:Convert in diameter.[1][2][3]

Taxonomy and naming

Beaufortia elegans was first formally described in 1843 by Johannes Conrad Schauer in Dissertatio phytographica de Regelia, Beaufortia et Calothamno.[4] The specific epithet (elegans) is a Latin word meaning "fine", "choice" or "tasteful".[5]

Distribution and habitat

Beaufortia elegans mainly occurs between Perth and Geraldton in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia.[2] It usually grows in sand in kwongan vegetation often over laterite on plains and in areas that are wet in winter.[6]

Conservation

Beaufortia elegans is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[2]

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