Pultenaea myrtoides

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Pultenaea myrtoides
Pultenaea myrtoides.jpg
Near Beerwah
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Pultenaea
Species:
P. myrtoides
Binomial name
Pultenaea myrtoides
A.Cunn. ex Benth.[1]

Pultenaea myrtoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect shrub with egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, pea-like flowers and flattened fruit.

Description[]

Pultenaea myrtoides is an erect shrub with stems that have soft hairs pressed against the surface. The leaves are egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 5–20 mm (0.20–0.79 in) long and 2–7 mm (0.079–0.276 in) wide, with stipules 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) long at the base. The lower surface of the leaves is paler than the upper surface. The flowers are arranged in dense clusters on the ends of branches and are 7–10 mm (0.28–0.39 in) long, each flower on a pedicel about 1 mm (0.039 in) long. There are two- or three-lobed, egg-shaped to spatula-shaped bracts 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long at the base. The sepals are 5–8 mm (0.20–0.31 in) long and densely hairy with keeled bracteoles 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) long attached near the base of the sepal tube. The fruit is a flattened pod about 6 mm (0.24 in) long.[2]

Taxonomy[]

Pultenaea myrtoides was first formally described in 1837 by George Bentham from an unpublished description by Allan Cunningham. Bentham's description was published in his book Commentationes de Leguminosarum Generibus.[3][4] The specific epithet (myrtoides) means "myrtle-like".[5]

Distribution and habitat[]

This pultenaea grows in heath and forest on the coast and tablelands of south-east Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales as far south as Port Stephens.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Pultenaea myrtoides". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Pultenaea myrtoides". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Pultenaea myrtoides". APNI. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  4. ^ Bentham, George (1837). Commentationes de Leguminosarum Generibus. pp. 17–18. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  5. ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 258. ISBN 9780958034180.
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