Philotheca myoporoides

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Long-leaf wax-flower
Philotheca myoporoides myoporoides.jpg
Subspecies myoporoides in the ANBG
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Philotheca
Species:
P. myoporoides
Binomial name
Philotheca myoporoides
(DC.) [1]
Synonyms[1]

Eriostemon myoporoides DC.

Habit of subsp. myoporoides
Subspecies acuta in the ANBG
Subspecies brevipedunculata in the ANBG

Philotheca myoporoides, commonly known as long-leaf wax flower,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a shrub with sessile, oblong to egg-shaped, glandular-warty leaves and white to pink flowers arranged singly in leaf axils. Prior to 1998 it was known as Eriostemon myoporoides.

Description[]

Philotheca myoporoides is a species of shrub that typically grows to a height of 2 m (6 ft 7 in). The leaves are sessile, oblong to broadly egg-shaped, glandular-warty, papery to leathery, 15–110 mm (0.59–4.33 in) long and 4–20 mm (0.16–0.79 in) wide with a prominent midrib. The flowers are arranged singly or in groups of up to eight, in leaf axils on a peduncle up to 20 mm (0.79 in) long, each flower on a pedicel 1–10 mm (0.039–0.394 in) long. The sepals are broadly triangular, about 1 mm (0.039 in) long and 1.5–2 mm (0.059–0.079 in) wide and the petals are white to pink, about 8 mm (0.31 in) long with a prominent keel. Flowering mainly occurs in spring and autumn and the fruit is about 7 mm (0.28 in) long with a beak about 3 mm (0.12 in) long.[2][3][4]

Taxonomy[]

This species was first formally described in 1824 by Swiss botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle who gave it the name Eriostemon myoporoides in his book Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis.[5][6] In 1998 changed the name to Philotheca myoporoides in the journal Muelleria.[7][8]

In the same journal, Bayly described nine subspecies,[8] four of which are accepted by the Australian Plant Census, and in 2001, described a fifth subspecies:[9]

Distribution and habitat[]

Subspecies acuta grows on rocky sandstone hills from Lockhart to near Cobar.[15][16] Subspecies brevipedunculata is found coastal areas to mountain summits between Sassafras and Moruya in south-eastern New South Wales.[17][18][19] Subspecies euroensis grows among granite boulders on the Strathbogie Ranges near Euroa in north-eastern Victoria.[20][21] Subspecies myoporoides grows in forest and heathland, usually near watercourses, mostly along the Great Dividing Range from the northern border of New South Wales to near Healesville in Victoria.[22][23][24] Subspecies petraea is only known from rocky areas on Mount Stewart, west of Gelantipy in north-eastern Victoria.[9][25]

Ecology[]

Caterpillars of the orchard butterfly feed on this species.[26]

Use in horticulture[]

The species is well adapted to cultivation, and plants are commercially available at nurseries in Australia.[27] The species prefers a well-drained position in light shade. Established plants tolerate both dry periods and moderate frost. Plants may be propagated from semi-mature cuttings, though some forms are slow to take root.[28]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Philotheca myoporoides". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b Weston, Peter H.; Harden, Gwen J. "Philotheca myoporoides". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  3. ^ Walsh, Neville; Stajsic, Val. "Eriostemon myoporoides". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Philotheca myoporoides". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Eriostemon myoporoides". APNI. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  6. ^ de Candolle, Augustin Pyramus (1824). Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (Volume 1). Paris: Sumptibus Sociorum Treuttel et Würtz. p. 720. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Philotheca myoporoides". APNI. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  8. ^ a b c d e f Bayly, Michael J. (1998). "Notes on the Eriostemon myoporoides (Rutaceae) species complex, including new names and a new generic placement in Philotheca". Muelleria. 11: 113–126. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  9. ^ a b c Rozefelds, Andrew C.F. (2001). "Notes on the Philotheca myoporoides complex (Rutaceae) in Victoria". Muelleria. 15: 14–17. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Philotheca myoporoides subsp. acuta". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Philotheca myoporoides subsp. brevipedunculata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Philotheca myoporoides subsp. euroensis". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  13. ^ "Philotheca myoporoides subsp. myoporoides". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  14. ^ "Philotheca myoporoides subsp. petraeus". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  15. ^ Wilson, Paul G.; Wilson, Annette J.G. (ed.) (2013). Flora of Australia (Volume 26). Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study. p. 392. Retrieved 7 August 2020. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)
  16. ^ Herscovitch, Clare. "Philotheca myoporoides subsp. acuta (Blakely) Bayly". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  17. ^ Wilson, Paul G.; Wilson, Annette J.G. (ed.) (2013). Flora of Australia (Volume 26). Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study. p. 392. Retrieved 7 August 2020. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)
  18. ^ Walsh, Neville. "Philotheca myoporoides subsp. brevipedunculata". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  19. ^ Herscovitch, Clare. "Philotheca myoporoides subsp. brevipedunculata Bayly". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  20. ^ Wilson, Paul G.; Wilson, Annette J.G. (ed.) (2013). Flora of Australia (Volume 26). Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study. p. 393. Retrieved 7 August 2020. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)
  21. ^ Walsh, Neville. "Philotheca myoporoides subsp. euroensis". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  22. ^ Wilson, Paul G.; Wilson, Annette J.G. (ed.) (2013). Flora of Australia (Volume 26). Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study. pp. 391–392. Retrieved 7 August 2020. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)
  23. ^ Bayly, Michael J.; Stajsic, Val. "Philotheca myoporoides subsp. myoporoides". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  24. ^ Herscovitch, Clare. " Philotheca myoporoides (DC.) Bayly subsp. myoporoides". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  25. ^ Walsh, Neville; Stajsic, Val. "Philotheca myoporoides subsp. petraea". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  26. ^ Wild Plants of Victoria (database). Viridans Biological Databases & Department of Sustainability and Environment. 2009.
  27. ^ Beeton, Irene. "Philotheca myoporoides (synonym Eriostemon myoporoides)". Growing Native Plants. Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  28. ^ "Philotheca myoporoides". Australian Native Plants Society (Australia). Retrieved 7 August 2011.

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