Philotheca coateana

Philotheca coateana is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a small shrub with small, elliptical leaves and white flowers with a pink midline, arranged singly on the ends of branchlets.

Philotheca coateana

Priority Three — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Philotheca
Species:
P. coateana
Binomial name
Philotheca coateana

Description

Philotheca coateana is a shrub that grows to a height of 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in) and has glabrous branchlets. The leaves are dull greyish green, elliptical, 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) long with warty glands. The flowers are borne singly on the ends of the branchlets on a pedicel 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) long. There are five broadly triangular sepals about 3 mm (0.12 in) long and five elliptical, white petals with a pink midline and 7–9 mm (0.28–0.35 in) long. The ten stamens are free from each other and hairy.[2][3]

Taxonomy and naming

Philotheca coateana was first formally described in 1998 by Paul Wilson in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected by the naturalist Kevin Coate near the Bulga Downs Station boundary.[3][4] The specific epithet honours the collector of the type specimens.[3]

Distribution

This species of philotheca grows near Menzies in the Coolgardie and Murchison biogeographic regions.[2][5]

Conservation status

This species is classified as "Priority Three" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife[5] meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat.[6]

References
  1. "Philotheca coateana". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  2. Wilson, Paul G.; Wilson, Annette J.G. (ed.) (2013). Flora of Australia (Volume 26). Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study. p. 388. Retrieved 31 July 2020.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  3. Wilson, Paul G. (1998). "A Taxonomic Review of the genera Eriostemon and Philotheca". Nuytsia. 12 (2): 247. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  4. "Philotheca coateana". APNI. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  5. "Philotheca coateana". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  6. "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
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