Philotheca cuticularis explained

Philotheca cuticularis is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is a rounded shrub with small, crowded leaves and small white flowers arranged singly on the ends of branchlets.

Description

Philotheca cuticularis is a rounded shrub that grows to a height of and has glandular-warty branchlets. The leaves are crowded, more or less cylindrical, glandular-warty and long. The flowers are borne singly on the ends of the branchlets on a pedicel long. There are five sepals long and five elliptical, white petals about long. The ten stamens are free from each other and hairy.^{[1] [2]}

Taxonomy and naming

Philotheca cuticularis was first formally described in 1998 by Paul Wilson in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected by the Rosemary Purdie in the Grey-Gowan Ranges in 1984.^{[3] [4]}

Distribution

This species of philotheca grows in shallow soil in the Gowan Range of southern Queensland.

Conservation status

This species is classified as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Book: Wilson . Paul G. . Wilson . Annette J.G. (ed.) . Flora of Australia (Volume 26) . 2013 . Australian Biological Resources Study . Canberra . 388–389 . 31 July 2020.
2. Wilson . Paul G. . A Taxonomic Review of the genera Eriostemon and Philotheca . Nuytsia . 1998 . 12 . 2 . 248 . 1 August 2020.
3. Web site: Philotheca cuticularis. APNI. 1 August 2020.
4. Web site: Purdie, Rosemary (1947 -) . Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria Australian National Herbarium . 1 August 2020.
5. Web site: Species profile—Philotheca cuticularis . Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science . 1 August 2020.