Calothamnus planifolius

Calothamnus planifolius is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with many branches, growing to a height of about 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) with flat leaves and red flowers from September to November.[2][3] The flowers have 4 petals and 4 narrow bundles of stamens. (In 2014 Craven, Edwards and Cowley proposed that the species be renamed Melaleuca planifolia.)[4]

Calothamnus planifolius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Calothamnus
Species:
C. planifolius
Binomial name
Calothamnus planifolius
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Calothamnus planifolia f. angustifolia Schauer orth. var.
    • Calothamnus planifolia f. latifolia Schauer orth. var.
    • Calothamnus planifolia var. angustifolia Schauer orth. var.
    • Calothamnus planifolia var. latifolia Schauer orth. var.
    • Calothamnus planifolius f. angustifolius Schauer nom. illeg.
    • Calothamnus planifolius f. latifolius Schauer
    • Calothamnus planifolius var. angustifolius Schauer nom. illeg.
    • Calothamnus planifolius var. latifolius Schauer
    • Melaleuca planifolia (Lehm.) Craven & R.D.Edwards

The species was first formally described by Johann Lehmmann in 1842 in Delectus Seminum quae in Horto Hamburgensium botanico e collectione.[5]

Calothamnus planifolius occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt and Jarrah Forest biogeographic regions[2] where it grows in gravelly clay over laterite.[6] It is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Calothamnus planifolius". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Calothamnus planifolius". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. ^ Hawkeswood, Trevor J. (1984). "Nine new species of Calothamnus Labill. (Myrtaceae: Leptospermoideae) from Western Australia". Nuytsia. 5 (1): 124–125. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  4. ^ Craven, Lyn A.; Edwards, Robert D.; Cowley, Kirsten J. (30 June 2014). "New combinations and names in Melaleuca (Myrtaceae)". Taxon. 63 (3): 666. doi:10.12705/633.38.
  5. ^ "Calothamnus planifolius". APNI. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  6. ^ Paczkowska, Grazyna; Chapman, Alex R. (2000). The Western Australian flora : a descriptive catalogue. Perth: Wildflower Society of Western Australia. p. 351. ISBN 0646402439.