Hypocalymma tetrapterum
Hypocalymma tetrapterum | |
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Hypocalymma tetrapterum | |
Priority Three — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Myrtaceae |
Genus: | Hypocalymma |
Species: | H. tetrapterum
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Binomial name | |
Hypocalymma tetrapterum Turcz.
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Hypocalymma tetrapterum is a member of the family Myrtaceae endemic to Western Australia.[1]
The spreading shrub typically grows to a height of 0.4 to 0.9 metres (1.3 to 3.0 ft). It blooms in August producing white flowers.
It is found on riverbanks and breakaways in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia in an area centered around Dandaragan where it grows in sandy-loamy soils with lateritic gravel.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "Hypocalymma tetrapterum". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
Categories:
- Hypocalymma
- Endemic flora of Western Australia
- Rosids of Western Australia
- Vulnerable flora of Australia
- Plants described in 1862
- Taxa named by Nikolai Turczaninow
- Myrtaceae stubs