Homoranthus binghiensis

Homoranthus binghiensis is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area in northern New South Wales. It is an upright shrub with pointed leaves and usually paired yellowish to red flowers.[2][3][4][5]

Homoranthus binghiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Homoranthus
Species:
H. binghiensis
Binomial name
Homoranthus binghiensis
J.T.Hunter[1]
Occurrence data from AVH

Description

An erect growth habit which distinguishes it from most other Homoranthus and having lemon coloured flowers in a two-flowered pseudo florescence. Leaves are linear shaped, rounded at the apex.[6]

Taxonomy and naming

Homoranthus binghiensis was first formally described in 2011 by John Hunter and Lachlan Copeland from a specimen collected in the Torrington State Recreation Area in 2000. The description was published in Telopea.[6] The specific epithet (binghiensis) refers to the Permian sedimentary rocks in the Torrington area that have been known as binghi.[5]

Distribution and habitat

This species is restricted to Torrington State Conservation Area in northern New South Wales where it grows on shallow sandy soils in heath and shrubby woodland on or adjacent to granite outcrops.[6]

Conservation status

Sometimes locally common, but restricted in distribution and known from only five or six populations, H. binghiensis is classified as "endangered" under the New South Wales Government Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995.[7][4] Considered vulnerable and given a conservation code of 2VCt by Hunter and Copeland (2001).[8]

References
  1. "Homoranthus binghiensis". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  2. Harden, Gwen J. "Homoranthus binghiensis". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  3. "Homoranthus binghiensis endangered species listing". New South Wales Government Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  4. "Binghi Homoranthus". New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  5. Hunter, John T.; Copeland, Lachlan M. (2001). "Homoranthus binghiensis (Myrtaceae:Chamaelaucieae), a new species from the North Western Slopes of New South Wales". Telopea. 9 (2): 431–433.pdf
  6. 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. "Homoranthus binghiensis (a shrub) - endangered species listing". New South Wales Government Department of Environment, Energy and Science. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  8. 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.
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