Homoranthus porteri

Homoranthus porteri
Homoranthus porteri in the Australian National Botanic Gardens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Myrtales
Family:Myrtaceae
Genus:Homoranthus
Species: H. porteri
Binomial name
Homoranthus porteri
C.T.White Craven & S.R.Jones[1]
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms[1]
  • Darwinia porteri C.T.White

Homoranthus porteri is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area in southern Queensland. It is an upright shrub with linear leaves about 10 mm (0.4 in) long and flowers arranged in pairs in upper leaf axils. The flowers are creamy white to red.[2][3][4][5]

Description

Unlike most Homoranthus due to its tall growth habit, dull green thick leaves and pendulous flowers. Flowers and fruits sporadically throughout the year, although mostly in autumn.[6]

Taxonomy and naming

This species was first formally described in 1931 by C.T. White who gave it the name of Darwinia porteri and published the description in Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland.[7][8] In 1991, Lyndley Craven and S.R.Jones changed the name to Homoranthus porteri.[9] The specific epithet (porteri) honours Charles Porter who collected the type specimen.[8]

Distribution and habitat

Restricted to an area between Mareeba and Ravenshoe, Queensland. Usually found in woodland or heath growing on shallow soils on a variety of rock types.[6]

Conservation

Homoranthus porteri is listed as "vulnerable" under the Australian Government EPBC Act.[4] Uncommon with a restricted distribution, ROTAP conservation code 2V, Briggs and Leigh (1996).[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Homoranthus porteri". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  2. ↑ Byrnes, Norman B. (1984). "A new species of genus Darwinia (Myrtaceae) for Queensland". Austrobaileya. 2 (1): 15–16.
  3. ↑ Bean, Tony; Mayhew, Melissa. "Homoranthus porteri". The State of Queensland Department of Environment and Science. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Approved Conservation Advice for Homoranthus porteri" (PDF). Australian Government Department of the Environment. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Homoranthus porteri". Australian Native Plants Society (Australia). Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  6. 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.
  7. ↑ "Darwinia porteri". APNI. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  8. 1 2 White, Cyril (1931). "Two previously undescribed Queensland Myrtaceae". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland. 43: 15–16. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "Homoranthus porteri". APNI. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
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