Misplaced Pages

Balaustion exsertum

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Species of flowering plant

Balaustion exsertum
Conservation status

Priority Three — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Balaustion
Species: B. exsertum
Binomial name
Balaustion exsertum
(S.Moore) Rye
Synonyms
  • Baeckea exserta S.Moore

Balaustion exsertum is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.4–1 m (1 ft 4 in – 3 ft 3 in) and blooms between August and November producing pink and white flowers.

The species was first formally described in 1920 by Spencer Le Marchant Moore in the Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany from specimens collected by Frederick Stoward near Bruce Rock. The specific epithet (exsertum) means "protruding", referring to the stamens.

Balaustion exsertum grows in sandy clay in the Avon Wheatbelt bioregion in the south-west of Western Australia. It is listed as "Priority Three" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat.

References

  1. "Balaustion exsertum (S.Moore) Rye | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Balaustion exsertum". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. "Balaustion exsertum". APNI. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  4. Moore, Spencer (1920). "A contribution to the Flora of Australia". Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany. 45: 177. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  5. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 195. ISBN 9780958034180.
  6. "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
Taxon identifiers
Baeckea exserta
Categories: