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Epacris mucronulata

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Species of flowering plant

Epacris mucronulata
In the Australian National Botanic Gardens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Epacris
Species: E. mucronulata
Binomial name
Epacris mucronulata
R.Br.

Epacris mucronulata is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is an erect shrub with softly-hairy young branches, lance-shaped leaves, and cylindrical white flowers in small groups at the ends of the branches.

Description

Epacris mucronulata is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 2 m (6 ft 7 in) and has many branches, the young stems softly-hairy. Its leaves are lance-shaped, 8–12 mm (0.31–0.47 in) long and 1.5–2.0 mm (0.059–0.079 in) wide on a petiole 1.0–1.2 mm (0.039–0.047 in) long. The flowers are arranged in small clusters in leaf axils near the ends of branches on a pedicel 2.0–2.3 mm (0.079–0.091 in) long with egg-shaped bracts at the base. The five sepals are lance-shaped to narrowly egg-shaped and about 4 mm (0.16 in) long. The petals are white, joined at the base to form a cylindrical tube, the style and anthers enclosed inside the petal tube.

Taxonomy and naming

Epacris mucronulata was first formally described in 1810 by Robert in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. The specific epithet (mucronulata) means "having a small sharp point".

Distribution and habitat

This epacris grows near rivers, especially in rainforest and is found in the south-west of Tasmania, including near the Huon and Gordon Rivers.

References

  1. "Epacris mucronulata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  2. ^ Crowden, Ronald K. (2003). "Reinstatement of Epacris franklinii Hook.f. (Epacridaceae)". Muelleria. 18: 72. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  3. "Epacris mucronulata". APNI. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  4. Brown, Robert (1810). Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae. London. p. 552. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  5. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 256. ISBN 9780958034180.
  6. Jordan, Greg. "Epacris mucronulata". University of Tasmania. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
Taxon identifiers
Epacris mucronulata
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