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Micromyrtus
''Micromyrtus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus ''Micromyrtus'' are shrubs with simple leaves arranged in opposite pairs, and white, pink or yellow flowers arranged in upper leaf axils, the flowers with five sepals five petals and five or ten stamens. Description Plants in the genus ''Micromyrtus'' are shrubs typically less than high. They have crowded, overlapping, simple leaves arranged in opposite pairs, oblong to lance-shaped and usually less than long. The flowers are arranged singly or in groups of up to three on a common peduncle, often forming clusters on the ends of branches. The flowers usually have five, (rarely six) small sepals and five (rarely six) white, pink or yellow, elliptic to round petals that are free from each other, and five or ten (rarely six or twelve) stamens. The fruit is a small, dry, indehiscent nut, usually containing a single seed. Taxonomy The genus ''Micromyrtus'' was fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micromyrtus Elobata
''Micromyrtus elobata'' is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is usually an erect shrub with small, narrowly to broadly egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and white flowers in diameter. Description ''Micromyrtus elobata'' is a usually erect shrub that typically grows to high. Its leaves are narrowly to broadly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, long and wide on a petiole long. The flowers are about in diameter, and arranged in up to 16 upper leaf axils on a peduncle long with egg-shaped bracteoles long at the base. The sepals are usually absent, and the petals are white, broadly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base and long. There are 10 stamens, the filaments about long. Taxonomy This species was first formally described in 1864 by Ferdinand von Mueller who gave it the name ''Thriptomene elobata'' in his ''Fragmenta Phytographiae Australi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micromyrtus Flaviflora
''Micromyrtus flaviflora'' is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle Family (biology), family, Myrtaceae and is Endemism, endemic to inland areas of Australia. It is an erect shrub with overlapping, keeled, oblong leaves, and yellow flowers arranged singly in leaf axils, but often appearing clustered. Description ''Micromyrtus flaviflora'' is an erect, loose or spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of and has reddish-brown, papery bark. Its leaves are oblong, long and wide and keeled. The flowers are arranged singly in leaf axils on a Peduncle (botany), peduncle long but often appear clustered on side-branches. There are Bract#bracteole, bracteoles long at the base but fall off as the flowers open. The sepals are about long and wide and the petals are yellow, more or less round and about in diameter. There are 5 stamens, the Stamen#filament, filaments about long. Flowering occurs in January or from April to November. Taxonomy This species was first forma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micromyrtus Ciliata
''Micromyrtus ciliata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a spreading to erect shrub with crowded, oblong to egg-shaped leaves and small white or pink flowers arranged singly in upper leaf axils, forming clusters on the ends of branches. Description ''Micromyrtus blakelyi'' is a spreading to erect shrub that typically grows to a height of . Its leaves are crowded, oblong to egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, long, wide and more or less sessile. The flowers are more or less sessile, arranged singly in upper leaf axils, forming clusters near the ends of branches with bracteoles long at the base. The sepals are more or less round, up to long and the petals white or pink, broadly elliptic, long and wide. There are usually five stamens, the filaments long. Flowering mainly occurs from August to December. Taxonomy This species was first formally described in 1797 by James Edward ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micromyrtus Blakelyi
''Micromyrtus blakelyi'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area near Sydney Australia. It is a low, cushion-like shrub with overlapping, keeled, linear leaves and small pink flowers arranged singly in upper leaf axils. Description ''Micromyrtus blakelyi'' is a spreading, cushion-like shrub that typically grows to a height of , its young branches densely woolly-hairy. The leaves are more or less sessile, overlap each other, linear, long, about wide and deeply keeled with a channelled upper surface. The flowers are more or less sessile and arranged singly in upper leaf axils, forming loose clusters near the ends of branches with bracteoles at the base. The sepals are long and tinged with pink and the petals are pink, elliptic or egg-shaped and long. There are five stamens, the filaments long. Flowering occurs from August to October. Taxonomy ''Micromyrtus blakelyi'' was first formally described in 1983 by John Green in the jour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micromyrtus Flava
''Micromyrtus flava'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a slender, erect shrub with spreading stems, narrowly-elliptic leaves and yellow flowers. Description ''Micromyrtus flava'' is a slender, erect shrub that typically grows to a height of and has a few stems near the base spread above, with the leaves mostly only on the upper branches. Its leaves are narrowly elliptic, long, sessile and pressed against the stems with prominent oil glands. The flowers are sessile, long arranged along a spike long with bracteoles as long as the floral tube. The floral tube is narrowly triangular, the surface with many small, pale yellow oil glands. The sepals are about in long and the petals are yellow, about long. Flowering occurs from September to February. Taxonomy This species was first formally described in 1979 by John Green who gave it the name ''Corynanthera flava'' in the journal ''Nuytsia'' from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micromyrtus Acuta
''Micromyrtus acuta'' is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with small, oblong leaves and small white flowers in the upper leaf axils. Description ''Micromyrtus acuta'' is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of . It leaves are directed upwards, mostly arranged on the ends of branches, thick, blunt and oblong in outline, long and wide on a petiole long, with four to six prominent oil glands. The flowers are in diameter, and arranged in three to eight upper leaf axils on a peduncle long with narrowly egg-shaped bracteoles long at the base. The sepals are egg-shaped, long and the petals are white, elliptic to egg-shaped and long. There are ten stamens, the filaments long. Taxonomy ''Micromyrtus acuta'' was first formally described in 2006 by Barbara Lynette Rye in the journal '' Nuytsia'' from specimens collected near Paynes Find in 1977. The specific epith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micromyrtus Erichsenii
''Micromyrtus erichsenii'' is a species of the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with small, egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and white or cream-coloured flowers in diameter and 5 to 10 stamens. Description ''Micromyrtus erichsenii'' is an erect shrub that typically grows to high. Its leaves are erect to almost pressed against the stem, egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, long and wide on a petiole long. The flowers are about in diameter, and arranged in up to 9 upper leaf axils on a peduncle long with egg-shaped bracteoles long but that fall off as the flower opens. The sepals are broadly egg-shaped, wide and the petals are white or cream-coloured, broadly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base and long. There are 5 to 10 stamens, the anthers about long. Flowering occurs between February and November and the fruit is long and wide containing a single seed. Taxonomy ''Micromy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micromyrtus Delicata
''Micromyrtus delicata'' is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area of northern coastal Queensland. It is a shrub with overlapping, linear to narrowly egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base and small white flowers arranged singly in leaf axils. Description ''Micromyrtus delicata'' is a shrub that typically grows up to high, with erect branchlets. Its leaves overlap each other and are linear to narrowly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, long, wide and sessile or on a petiole up to long. The leaves have prominent oil glands and the edges of the leaves sometimes have finely toothed margins. The flowers are arranged singly in leaf axils on a peduncle long, each flower wide. There are 2 bracteoles about long at the base of the flower. There are 5 relatively inconspicuous, translucent sepals and 5 keeled petals long and wide. There are five stamens, each opposite a petal, the filaments lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micromyrtus Collina
''Micromyrtus collina'' is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area in the southwest of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with small, linear to narrowly egg-shaped leaves and small white flowers that turn pink as they age. Description ''Micromyrtus collina'' is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of . Its leaves are directed upwards and densely crowded, linear to narrowly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, long and wide on a petiole long, with 8 to 12 prominent oil glands. The flowers are in diameter, and arranged in 2 to 14 upper leaf axils on a peduncle long with narrowly egg-shaped or egg-shaped bracteoles long at the base. The sepals are egg-shaped, long and wide. The petals are white, turning pink as they age, broadly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, and long. Flowering has been recorded from July to September. Taxonomy ''Micromyrtus collina'' was first formally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micromyrtus Clavata
''Micromyrtus clavata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to inland Western Australia. It is an erect, compact or sprawling shrub with erect, egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base and small white flowers arranged singly in upper leaf axils. Description ''Micromyrtus clavata'' is an erect, compact or sprawling shrub that typically grows to a height of . Its leaves are erect or almost pressed against the stem, mostly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, long, wide on a petiole long. The flowers are arranged singly in up to 7 upper leaf axils on a peduncle long with bracteoles long at the base. The sepals are egg-shaped, long and the petals are white, long. There are ten stamens, the filaments long. Flowering occurs from June to September. Taxonomy ''Micromyrtus clavata'' was first formally described in 2006 by Barbara Lynette Rye in the journal ''Nuytsia'' from an unpublished description by John Green ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
