Rapanea myrtillina
| Rapanea myrtillina | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Primulaceae |
| Genus: | Rapanea |
| Species: | R. myrtillina
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| Binomial name | |
| Rapanea myrtillina | |
Rapanea myrtillina is a flowering plant in the family Primulaceae. The specific epithet comes from a fancied resemblance of the leaves to those of the myrtle genus Myrtus.[1]
Description[]
It is a shrub, growing to 3 m in height. The oblanceolate to narrowly oblanceolate leaves are 8–25 mm long and 3–12 mm wide. The small flowers are cream with dark pink spots. The round purple fruits are 3.5–4 mm in diameter.[1]
Distribution and habitat[]
The plant is endemic to Australia’s subtropical Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea, where it is rare upland inhabitant, being found from an elevation of about 400 m upwards to the summits of Mounts Lidgbird and Gower at the southern end of the island.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d " Rapanea myrtillina ". Flora of Australia Online: Data derived from Flora of Australia Volume 49 (1994). Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS). Retrieved 2014-02-11.
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Categories:
- Rapanea
- Endemic flora of Lord Howe Island
- Ericales of Australia
- Plants described in 1902
- Taxa named by Carl Christian Mez
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