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Lithomyrtus obtusa

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Species of flowering plant

Lithomyrtus obtusa
Flowers of Lithomyrtus obtusa
Flowers
Fruit of Lithomyrtus obtusa
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Lithomyrtus
Species: L. obtusa
Binomial name
Lithomyrtus obtusa
(Endl.) N.Snow & Guymer

Lithomyrtus obtusa, commonly known as beach myrtella, is a flowering plant species in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. It occurs in coastal areas in New Guinea and Queensland, Australia.

It is a shrub that grows to between 1 and 2 metres high. Leaves have recurved edges and are hairy on the underside. Pink flowers appear between January and September in the species' native range. These are followed by globose to cylindrical fruit with a persistent calyx.

In 1770, plant material was collected at Cape Grafton, Endeavour River and Point Lookout (14°49′S 145°13′E / 14.817°S 145.217°E / -14.817; 145.217) (not to be confused with Point Lookout, also named by Cook), by botanists Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander during Lieutenant James Cook's first voyage of discovery. However, the species was not formally described until 1834 by Austrian botanist Stephan Endlicher who gave it the name Fenzlia obtusa. The species was transferred to the genus Myrtella in 1978 and subsequently to the genus Lithomyrtus in 1999.

References

  1. ^ F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Lithomyrtus obtusa". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  2. ^ Snow, Neil; Guymer, Gordon P. (1999). "Systematic and cladistic studies of Myrtella F.Muell. and Lithomyrtus F.Muell. (Myrtaceae)". Austrobaileya. 5 (2): 173–207. JSTOR 41739139.
  3. Jago, Bob. "Plants Collected by Banks & Solander in 1770 from North Queensland" (PDF). SGAP Queensland. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  4. ^ "Lithomyrtus obtusa". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  5. Endlicher, S.F.L. (1834), Atakta Botanika 3: 19, t. XVII
  6. "Myrtella obtusa". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  7. A.J. Scott (1978). "A New Species of Myrtella (Myrtaceae) from Australia and a Synopsis of the Genus". Kew Bulletin. 33 (2): 299-302 . doi:10.2307/4109584. ISSN 0075-5974. JSTOR 4109584. Wikidata Q54801972.

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Taxon identifiers
Lithomyrtus obtusa
Fenzlia obtusa


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