Philotheca conduplicata

Philotheca conduplicata is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with elliptical leaves clustered near the ends of the branchlets and white flowers arranged singly or in two or threes on the ends of the branchlets.

Philotheca conduplicata
In the ANBG
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Philotheca
Species:
P. conduplicata
Binomial name
Philotheca conduplicata
(Paul G.Wilson) P.I.Forst.[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Eriostemon myoporoides subsp. conduplicatus Paul G.Wilson
  • Philotheca myoporoides subsp. conduplicata (Paul G.Wilson) Bayly

Description

Philotheca conduplicata is a shrub that grows to a height of about 2 m (6 ft 7 in) and has smooth branchlets. The leaves are more or less clustered near the ends of the branchlets and are elliptical, slightly curved, 40–70 mm (1.6–2.8 in) long and 4–14 mm (0.16–0.55 in) wide and folded lengthwise. The flowers are borne singly or in twos or threes on the ends of the branchlets on a thick peduncle about 4 mm (0.16 in) long, each flower on a thick pedicel 2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) long. There are five broadly triangular sepals with a fleshy centre and five elliptical to lance-shaped white petals about 6–11 mm (0.24–0.43 in) long and 2.5–3.5 mm (0.098–0.138 in) wide. The ten stamens are moderately hairy. Flowering occurs from July to September and the fruit is 6–9 mm (0.24–0.35 in) long and beaked.[2][3]

Taxonomy and naming

This species was first formally described in 1970 by Paul G. Wilson who gave it the name Eriostemon myoporoides subsp. conduplicatus and published the description in the journal Nuytsia, from specimens collected by Joseph Maiden and Ernst Betche near Howell (north of Bundarra in 1905.[4][5] In 2005 Paul Irwin Forster raised the subspecies to species status as Philotheca conduplicata in the journal Austrobaileya.[6]

Distribution and habitat

Philotheca conduplicata grows among granite boulders in the Granite Belt in northern New South Wales and south-eastern Queensland.[2][3]

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References
  1. "Philotheca conduplicata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  2. Wilson, Paul G.; Wilson, Annette J.G. (ed.) (2013). Flora of Australia (Volume 26). Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study. p. 393. Retrieved 1 August 2020.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  3. Herscovitch, Clare. "Philotheca conduplicata". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  4. Wilson, Paul G. (1970). "A taxonomic review of the genera Crowea, Eriostemon and Phebalium (Rutaceae)". Nuytsia. 1 (1): 41. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  5. "Eriostemon myoporoides subsp. conduplicatus". APNI. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  6. "Philotheca conduplicata". APNI. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
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