Philotheca myoporoides subsp. brevipedunculata explained

Philotheca myoporoides subsp. brevipedunculata is a subspecies of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is a shrub with oblong or egg-shaped leaves and white or pink flowers arranged singly or in groups of up to three in leaf axils.

Description

Philotheca myoporoides subsp. brevipedunculata is a shrub that typically grows to a height of with glabrous, densely glandular-warty stems. The leaves are leathery, oblong-elliptic to egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, long and wide and there is a small point on the tip. The flowers are usually arranged singly, sometimes in twos or threes, rarely four, in leaf axils on a peduncle up to long, each flower on a thin pedicel long. The petals are broadly elliptic, about long with a prominent keel. The stamens are free from each other and hairy near the base. Flowering mainly occurs in spring and autumn.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Taxonomy and naming

This subspecies was first formally described in 1998 by Michael Bayly in the journal Muelleria.[5]

Distribution and habitat

This subspecies grows from coastal to escarpment ranges from Sassafras to the Moruya district in south-eastern New South Wales.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Herscovitch . Clare . Philotheca myoporoides subsp. brevipedunculata . Royal Botanic Garden Sydney . 7 August 2020.
  2. Book: Wilson . Paul G. . Wilson . Annette J.G. . Flora of Australia (Volume 26) . 2013 . Australian Biological Resources Study . Canberra . 392 . 7 August 2020.
  3. Bayly . Michael J. . Notes on the Eriostemon myoporoides (Rutaceae) species complex, including new names and a new generic placement in Philotheca . Muelleria . 1998 . 11 . 121 . 7 August 2020.
  4. Rozefelds . Andrew C.F. . Notes on the Philotheca myoporoides complex (Rutaceae) in Victoria. Muelleria 15 . Muelleria . 2001 . 15 . 17–18 . 7 August 2020.
  5. Web site: Philotheca myoporoides subsp. brevipedunculata. APNI. 7 August 2020.