Английская Википедия:Homoranthus tricolor

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Homoranthus tricolor, is a flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area in south-east Queensland. It is an upright shrub with linear to lance-shaped leaves and green, red and black flowers arranged singly or in pairs in upper leaf axils.

Description

Homoranthus tricolor is an upright, spreading shrub to Шаблон:Cvt high. It has grey, slightly lined, fibrous bark near the base of older plants. The leaves are linear to narrowly oblong-lance shaped, Шаблон:Cvt long, Шаблон:Cvt wide, green to grey-green, distinct occasional oil glands, margins entire, apex acute or ending in a sharp short point, and the petiole Шаблон:Cvt long. The inflorescence consists usually of one or rarely two flowers borne in upper leaf axils, bracts usually green with white or red margins, Шаблон:Cvt long, Шаблон:Cvt wide with a rounded apex. The pendulous, cylindrical shaped flowers have elliptic-shaped dark purple to black petals near the base, light green on the margins and toward the apex. Each of the five black sepals are Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide. The creamy-white styles are Шаблон:Cvt long, straight or curved toward the end. There have been sightings of flowers in September only, but may flower into October.[1][2]

Taxonomy and naming

Homoranthus tricolor was first formally described in 2009 by Anthony Bean from a specimen he collected south-west of Mundubbera in 2008. The description was published in Austrobaileya.[3] The specific epithet (tricolor) refers to the three-coloured flowers.[1]

Distribution and habitat

This homoranthus grows in shrubby woodland on a sandstone ridge. It is only known from a single population near Mundubbera.[2]

Conservation status

A rare species, currently known from a single population which is subjected to occasional grazing. Criteria of Briggs and Leigh (1996) a ROTAP conservation code of 2E appropriate. IUCN (2010) considered endangered.[2]

References

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