Taxandria callistachys
Taxandria callistachys is a shrub species that is endemic to an area in southern Western Australia.[1]
| Taxandria callistachys | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Taxandria |
| Species: | T. callistachys |
| Binomial name | |
| Taxandria callistachys | |
The erect shrub grows to a maximum height of approximately 2.5 metres (8 ft). It blooms from March to September producing white flowers.[1]
It was first formally described by the botanists, John Wheeler and Neville Marchant in 2007, as part of the work A revision of the Western Australian genus Agonis (Myrtaceae) and two new segregate genera Taxandria and Paragonis in the journal Nuytsia.[2]
Often found along ridges, in swamps and winter wet areas and along road verges in the along the south coast of the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia where it grows in clay, sand or loam soils around laterite or granite.[1]
References
- "Taxandria callistachys". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
- "Taxandria callistachys J.R.Wheeler & N.G.Marchant". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
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