Philotheca myoporoides subsp. brevipedunculata
In the Australian National Botanic Gardens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Philotheca
Species:
P. myoporoides
Subspecies:
P. m. subsp. brevipedunculata
Trinomial name
Philotheca myoporoides subsp. brevipedunculata
Bayly[1]
Pink form in the ANBG

Philotheca myoporoides subsp. brevipedunculata is a subspecies of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is a shrub with oblong or egg-shaped leaves and white or pink flowers arranged singly or in groups of up to three in leaf axils.

Description

Philotheca myoporoides subsp. brevipedunculata is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 1.8–2 m (5 ft 11 in – 6 ft 7 in) with glabrous, densely glandular-warty stems. The leaves are leathery, oblong-elliptic to egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 10–30 mm (0.39–1.18 in) long and 5–10 mm (0.20–0.39 in) wide and there is a small point on the tip. The flowers are usually arranged singly, sometimes in twos or threes, rarely four, in leaf axils on a peduncle up to 2 mm (0.079 in) long, each flower on a thin pedicel 4–8 mm (0.16–0.31 in) long. The petals are broadly elliptic, about 8 mm (0.31 in) long with a prominent keel. The stamens are free from each other and hairy near the base. Flowering mainly occurs in spring and autumn.[2][3][4][5]

Taxonomy and naming

This subspecies was first formally described in 1998 by Michael Bayly in the journal Muelleria.[4][6]

Distribution and habitat

This subspecies grows from coastal to escarpment ranges from Sassafras to the Moruya district in south-eastern New South Wales.[3][2]

References

  1. ↑ "Philotheca myoporoides subsp. brevipedunculata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  2. 1 2 Herscovitch, Clare. "Philotheca myoporoides subsp. brevipedunculata". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  3. 1 2 Wilson, Paul G. (2013). Wilson, Annette J.G. (ed.). Flora of Australia (Volume 26). Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study. p. 392. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  4. 1 2 Bayly, Michael J. (1998). "Notes on the Eriostemon myoporoides (Rutaceae) species complex, including new names and a new generic placement in Philotheca". Muelleria. 11: 121. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  5. ↑ Rozefelds, Andrew C.F. (2001). "Notes on the Philotheca myoporoides complex (Rutaceae) in Victoria. Muelleria 15". Muelleria. 15: 17–18. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  6. ↑ "Philotheca myoporoides subsp. brevipedunculata". APNI. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
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