Calothamnus planifolius

Calothamnus planifolius is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with many branches, growing to a height of about 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) with flat leaves and red flowers from September to November.[1][2] The flowers have 4 petals and 4 narrow bundles of stamens. (In 2014 Craven, Edwards and Cowley proposed that the species be renamed Melaleuca planifolia.)[3]

Calothamnus planifolius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Calothamnus
Species:
C. planifolius
Binomial name
Calothamnus planifolius
Synonyms

Melaleuca planifolia (Lehm.) Craven & R.D.Edwards

Calothamnus planifolius was first formally described by Johann Lehmmann in 1842 in Delectus Seminum quae in Horto Hamburgensium botanico e collectione.[4]

Calothamnus planifolius occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt and Jarrah Forest biogeographic regions[1] where it grows in gravelly clay over laterite.[5]

Calothamnus planifolius is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.[1]

References
  1. "Calothamnus planifolius". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  2. Hawkeswood, Trevor J. (1984). "Nine new species of Calothamnus Labill. (Myrtaceae: Leptospermoideae) from Western Australia" (PDF). Nuytsia. 5 (1): 124–125. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  3. Craven, Lyn A.; Edwards, Robert D.; Cowley, Kirsten J. (30 June 2014). "New combinations and names in Melaleuca (Myrtaceae)". Taxon. 63 (3): 666. doi:10.12705/633.38.
  4. "Calothamnus planifolius". APNI. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  5. Paczkowska, Grazyna; Chapman, Alex R. (2000). The Western Australian flora : a descriptive catalogue. Perth: Wildflower Society of Western Australia. p. 351. ISBN 0646402439.


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