Homoranthus tropicus
Homoranthus tropicus is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to tropical north Queensland. It is a shrub with curved, club-shaped leaves and white flowers in a corymbose-like arrangement on the ends of branchlets.[2][3]
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| Homoranthus tropicus in the Australian National Botanic Gardens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Homoranthus |
| Species: | H. tropicus |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Description
Flowers and fruits sporadically throughout the year, primarily February to July.[4]
Taxonomy and naming
Homoranthus tropicus was first formally described in 1981 by Norman Byrnes from a specimen he collected north of Laura in 1975 and the description was published in Austrobaileya.[5]
Distribution and habitat
Grows in northern Queensland in heath or shrubby woodland on shallow rocky soils over sandstone.[4]
Conservation status
Restricted distribution and considered rare by Briggs and Leigh (1996) given a ROTAP conservation code of 2R.[4]
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References
- "Homoranthus tropicus". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Byrnes, Norman (1981). "Notes on the genus Homoranthus (Myrtaceae) in Australia". Austrobaileya. 1 (4): 375.
- Copeland, Lachlan M.; Craven, Lyn A.; Bruhl, Jeremy J. (2011). "A taxonomic review of Homoranthus (Myrtaceae:Chamelaucieae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 24 (6): 371. doi:10.1071/SB11015.
- 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.
- "Homoranthus tropicus". APNI. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
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