Homoranthus papillatus

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]

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

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. doi:10.1071/SB11015.
  5. 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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