Homoranthus papillatus

Mouse bush
Homoranthus papillatus in Maranoa Gardens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Myrtales
Family:Myrtaceae
Genus:Homoranthus
Species: H. papillatus
Binomial name
Homoranthus papillatus
Occurrence data from AVH

Homoranthus papillatus, commonly known as mouse bush, is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area in southern Queensland. It is a compact shrub with curved, linear leaves and pale yellow flowers arranged in upper leaf axils.[2][3][4]

Description

Easily distinguished from other Homoranthus species having dense warty protuberances on the leaves. Flowers from September to November and fruits September to December.[5]

Taxonomy and naming

Homoranthus papillatus was first formally described in 1981 by Norman Byrnes from a specimen collected in Girraween National Park in 1976 and the description was published in Austrobaileya.[6] The specific epithet (papillatus) is a Latin word meaning "budlike".[7]

Distribution

Endemic to Mount Norman Queensland. Grows in heath on skeletal sandy soils among crevices of granite outcrops.[5]

Conservation status

Rare species, highly restricted distribution and low population numbers ROTAP conservation code 2VC-t. IUCN (2010) considered vulnerable.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Homoranthus papillatus". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  2. ↑ "Mouse bush - Homoranthus papillatus". Queensland Government Department of Enfvironment and Science. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  3. ↑ Byrnes, Norman (1981). "Notes on the genus Homoranthus (Myrtaceae) in Australia". Austrobaileya. 1 (4): 374–375.
  4. ↑ Copeland, Lachlan M.; Craven, Lyn A.; Bruhl, Jeremy J. (2011). "A taxonomic review of Homoranthus (Myrtaceae:Chamelaucieae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 24 (6): 371.
  5. 1 2 3 Copeland, Lachlan M.; Craven, Lyn A.; Bruhl, Jeremy J. (2011). "A taxonomic review of Homoranthus (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 24 (6): 351. doi:10.1071/SB11015.
  6. ↑ "Homoranthus papillatus". APNI. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  7. ↑ Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 587.
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