Homoranthus homoranthoides
Homoranthus homoranthoides in the Arboretum at the University of California, Santa Cruz
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Homoranthus
Species:
H. homoranthoides
Binomial name
Homoranthus homoranthoides
(F.Muell.) Craven & S.R.Jones[1]
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms[1]
  • Schuermannia homoranthoides F.Muell.
  • Genetyllis schuermannii F.Muell. nom. superfl.
  • Chamelaucium schuermannii F.Muell. nom. superfl.
  • Darwinia schuermannii Benth. nom. superfl.
  • Darwinia homoranthoides (F.Muell.) J.M.Black

Homoranthus homoranthoides is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to South Australia.

Description

Homoranthus homoranthoides is a distinctive species recognised by its low growing prostrate habit. A shrub with greyish green linear leaves, small pendulous cream coloured flowers which turn red as they age.[2][3]

Taxonomy and naming

This species was first formally described in 1853 by Ferdinand von Mueller who gave it the name Schuermannia homoranthoides and published the description in the journal Linnaea.[4][5] In 1991, Lyndley Craven and S.R.Jones changed the name to Homoranthus homoranthoides.[6] The specific epithet (homoranthoides) refers to the similarity of this species (when named as Schuermannia homoranthoides) to those in the genus Homoranthus. The ending -oides is a Latin suffix meaning "like", "resembling" or "having the form of".[7]

Distribution and habitat

Homoranthus homoranthoides grows in heath and woodland on the southern part of the Eyre Peninsula. Grows on a variety of substrates in mallee heath and woodland.[8]

Conservation status

Moderately restricted distribution although well reserved and often locally common.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Homoranthus homoranthoides". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  2. ↑ Craven, Lyndley A.; Jones, S. R. (1991). "A taxonomic review of Homoranthus and two new species of Darwinia (both Myrtaceae, Chamelaucieae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 4 (3): 513. doi:10.1071/SB9910513. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Homoranthus homoranthoides". Goldfields Revegetation Plant Catalogue. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "Schuermannia homoranthoides". APNI. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  5. ↑ von Mueller, Ferdinand (1853). "Diagnoses et descriptiones plantarum novarum, quas in Nova Hollandia". Linnaea: Ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde. 25: 387. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "Homoranthus homoranthoides". APNI. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  7. ↑ Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 569.
  8. 1 2 Copeland, Lachlan M.; Craven, Lyn A.; Bruhl, Jeremy J. (2011). "A taxonomic review of Homoranthus (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 24 (6): 351. doi:10.1071/SB11015.


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