''Apatophyllum teretifolium'' is a species of flowering plant in the family
Celastraceae
The Celastraceae (staff-vine or bittersweet) are a family of 98 genera and 1,350 species of herbs, vines, shrubs and small trees, belonging to the order Celastrales. The great majority of the genera are tropical, with only ''Celastrus'' (the staf ...
, native to Australia.
It was first described by
A.R.(Tony) Bean and L.W. Jessop in 2000.
Description
''Apatophyllum teretifolium'' is a densely branched compact rounded shrub to about 40 cm high. The opposite pungent pointed terete leaves to about 12 mm long have persistent linear brown stipules.
The inflorescence consists of single flowers in the leaf axils. The cream flowers usually have four petals and four stamens. Some plants have flowers with five petals and five stamens. The fruit is a generally smooth capsule about 5.2 to 6 mm long and 2.0 to 2.8 mm wide.
Distribution
''Apatophyllum teretifolium'' is currently known from the following reserves:
Expedition National Park
Expedition is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 490 km northwest of Brisbane. It is named for the Expedition Range of mountains.
The park is part of the Brigalow Belt bioregion. This area is mostly dominated by dry eucalyptus fores ...
, Barakula State Forest near Chinchilla,
Lonesome National Park,
Nour Nour National Park and the Moolayember Section of
Carnarvon National Park
Carnarvon National Park is located in the Southern Brigalow Belt bioregion in the Maranoa Region in Central Queensland, Australia. The park is 593 km northwest of Brisbane. It began life as a reserve gazetted in 1932 to protect Carnarvon ...
. ''Apatophyllum teretifolium'' is also known from several private properties.
Conservation
''Apatophyllum teretifolium'' is listed as Near Threatened under the Queensland Nature Conservation Act 1992.
Gallery
Image:20220415 091108 Apatophyllum teretifolium branching.jpg, Dense branching
Image:20220415 091108 Apatophyllum teretifolium flower.jpg, Flower
Image:20220415 091108 Apatophyllum teretifolium fruit.jpg , Fruit
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Flora of Australia
teretifolium
Flora of Queensland
Endemic flora of Queensland
Taxa named by Anthony Bean
Plants described in 2000
Taxa named by Laurence W. Jessup