Calytrix watsonii
| Calytrix watsonii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Calytrix |
| Species: | C. watsonii
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| Binomial name | |
| Calytrix watsonii | |
Calytrix watsonii is a species of plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae that is endemic to Western Australia.[3]
Found in a scattered area from the eastern Mid West region near Wiluna south into the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia around Menzies where it grows in sandy and gravelly soils.
Taxonomy
[edit]The plant was initially described by Ferdinand von Mueller and Ralph Tate in 1896 as Calycothrix watsonii,[4] and was transferred in 1931 to the genus, Calytrix, by Charles Austin Gardner.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Calytrix watsonii". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ^ a b Gardner, C.A. (1931) Part III. Geraniaceae–Compositae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 96
- ^ "Calytrix watsonii". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ Mueller, F.J.H. von & Tate, R. (1896). "Botany. Phanerogams and Vascular Cryptogams". Transactions, Proceedings and Report, Royal Society of South Australia. 16 (3): 355.
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