''Baeckea kandos'' is a species of flowering plant in the family

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and is

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to a restricted area of New South Wales. It is a spreading shrub with narrow egg-shaped to linear leaves and small white flowers with ten to twelve

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Description

''Baeckea kandos'' is a spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of and has pink branchlets. The leaves are narrow oblong to linear, long and wide on a

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up to long. The flowers are in diameter and are borne singly in leaf axils on a

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usually long with linear

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about long at the base. The

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s are reddish and triangular to more or less round, long and the petals are white, more or less round and long. There are ten to twelve stamens in groups of up to three. The

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has two

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s and the

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is about long. The fruit is a cylindrical capsule about long.

Taxonomy

''Baeckea kandos'' was first formally described in 1977 by

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in the journal '' Telopea'' from specimens collected near Dunns Swamp in

Wollemi National Park The Wollemi National Park () is a protected national park and wilderness area that is located in the Central West and Hunter region of New South Wales, in eastern Australia. The park, the second largest national park in New South Wales, conta ...

. The

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(''kandos'') refers to the town of

Kandos Kandos is a small town in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia, within the Mid-Western Regional Council. The area is the traditional home of the Dabee tribe of the Wiradjuri people. The town sits beneath Cumber Melon Mountain (f ...

, near where the

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specimens were collected.

Distribution and habitat

''Baeckea kandos'' grows in heathland or shrubland but is only known from two populations in Wollemi National Park, numbering about 100 plants.

Conservation status

This baeckea is listed as "endangered" under the Australian Government ''

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'' and the New South Wales Government '' Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016''. The main threats to the species are activities associated with track maintenance, inappropriate fire regimes and its small population size.

References

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kandos Kandos is a small town in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia, within the Mid-Western Regional Council. The area is the traditional home of the Dabee tribe of the Wiradjuri people. The town sits beneath Cumber Melon Mountain (f ...

Flora of New South Wales Plants described in 1977 Taxa named by Anthony Bean