Callistemon pallidus
| Lemon Bottlebrush | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Callistemon |
| Species: | C. pallidus |
| Binomial name | |
| Callistemon pallidus (Bonpl.) DC.[1] |
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Callistemon pallidus, also known as Lemon Bottlebrush, is a shrub in the family Myrtaceae. It is native to the states of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania in Australia.
Lemon Bottlebrush grows up to 5 metres in height and has leaves which are 3 to 7 cm long and 9 to 15 mm in width. The cream to yellow flower spikes, which are 3 to 7 cm in length and about 3.5 cm in diameter, occur between spring and summer.
The species was first formally described in 1816 by French botanist Aimé Bonpland Description des Plantes Rares cultivees a Malmaison et a Navarre as Metrosidersos pallida. In 1828, Swiss botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle transferred the species into the genus Callistemon.[1] In his 2006 paper, New Combinations in Melaleuca for Australian Species of Callistemon (Myrtaceae), Lyndley Craven, a research botanist from the Australian National Herbarium, proposed that this species should be renamed as Melaleuca pallida.[1]
[edit] Cultivation
Cultivars include:
- C.pallidus ‘Candle Glow’[2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "Callistemon pallidus". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Callistemon+pallidus. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
- ^ "List of Registered Cultivars derived from Australian native flora". Australian Cultivar Registration Authority. http://www.anbg.gov.au/acra/acra-list-2009.html. Retrieved 2009-11-31.
- New South Wales Flora Online: Callistemon pallidus by R. D. Spencer & P. F. Lumley, Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia
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