Homoranthus melanostictus
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| Homoranthus melanostictus in the ANBG | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Homoranthus |
| Species: | H. melanostictus
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| Binomial name | |
| Homoranthus melanostictus | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Homoranthus melanostictus is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It has cylinder-shaped to flattened leaves with blackish oil dots and up to six yellow flowers arranged in leaf axils near the ends of the branchlets.[2][3]
Description
H. melanostictus may grow to a height 0.25 m (0.8 ft)spreads horizontally and becomes erect at the end of the branches.[4]
Taxonomy and naming
Homoranthus melanostictus was first formally described in 1991 by Lyndley Craven and S.R Jones and the description was published in Australian Systematic Botany.[5] The specific epithet (melanostictus) is derived from the Ancient Greek words melanos meaning "black" or "dark"[6]: 149 and stiktos meaning "punctured", "dappled" or "spotted".[6]: 743
Distribution and habitat
Widely spread in south-eastern Queensland from north west of Taroom to south of Tara. Grows on sandy soils in shrubby woodland and heath.[4]
Conservation statu
A widespread and sometimes common species. Poorly reserved, ROTAP conservation code 3RC using Briggs and Leigh (1996).[4]
References
- ^ "Homoranthus melanostictus". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Harden, Gwen J. "Homoranthus melanostictus". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ^ Copeland, Lachlan M.; Craven, Lyn A.; Bruhl, Jeremy J. (2011). "A taxonomic review of Homoranthus (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 24 (6): 351. doi:10.1071/SB11015.
- ^ a b c Copeland, Lachlan M.; Craven, Lyn A.; Bruhl, Jeremy J. (2011). "A taxonomic review of Homoranthus (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 24 (6): 351. doi:10.1071/SB11015.
- ^ "Homoranthus melanostictus". APNI. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ^ a b Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.