Calytrix pimeleoides
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Calytrix |
| Species: | C. pimeleoides
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Calytrix pimeleoides is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with overlapping narrowly elliptic to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base and yellow flowers with 35 to 50 stamens in several rows.
Description
[edit]Calytrix pimeleoides is a slender, erect shrub that typically grows up to 1.4 m (4 ft 7 in) high and wide and has glabrous branchlets. Its leaves are overlapping, narrowly elliptic to egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 7–9 mm (0.28–0.35 in) long and 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) wide on a petiole about 0.5 mm (0.020 in) long. The flowers are borne on a glabrous peduncle 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long with narrowly egg-shaped lobes 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) long. The floral tube is about 3 mm (0.12 in) long and more or less cylindrical with four ribs. The sepal lobes are absent. The petals are yellow, narrowly elliptic to oblong, 9–10 mm (0.35–0.39 in) long and about 2 mm (0.079 in) wide, and there are about 35 to 50 stamens in several rows. Flowering occurs from August to October.[2][3]
Taxonomy
[edit]Calytrix pimeleoides was first formally described in 2004 by Gregory John Keighery in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected by Charles Gardner in 1961.[2][4] The specific epithet (pimeleoides) means 'Pimelea-like', referring to the overlapping leaves of some Pimelea species, such as P. ammocharis and P. argentea.[2]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]This species of Calytrix grows on deep yellow sand, usually under Banksia woodland in scattered locations between Kalbarri National Park and Northampton in the Geraldton Sandplains bioregion of Western Australia.[2][3]
Conservation status
[edit]Calytrix pimeleoides is listed as " "Priority Three" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions,[3] meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Calytrix pimeleoides". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d Keighery, Gregory J. (2004). "Taxonomy of the Calytrix ecalycata complex (Myrtaceae)". Nuytsia. 15 (2): 262–265. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
- ^ a b c "Calytrix pimeleoides". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Calytrix pimeleoides". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
- ^ "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Retrieved 22 December 2024.