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Lithomyrtus retusa

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Species of shrub

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

Fenzlia retusa Endl.
Myrtella retusa (Endl.) A.J.Scott
Fenzlia phebalioides W.Fitzg.
Myrtella phebalioides (W.Fitzg.) A.J.Scott

Lithomyrtus retusa is a member of the family Myrtaceae native to Western Australia, the Northern Territory, and Queensland. It was first described in 1834 by Stephan Endlicher as Fenzlia retusa, but in 1999 it was assigned to the genus, Lithomyrtus, to give its currently accepted name, by Neil Snow and Gordon Guymer.

The small tree or shrub typically grows to a height of 1 to 5 metres (3 to 16 ft). It blooms between January and December producing white-pink flowers.

It is found in gullies, escarpments and streambanks in the Kimberley region of Western Australia where it grows in skeletal soils over sandstone.

References

  1. ^ "Lithomyrtus retusa (Endl.) N.Snow & Guymer | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
  2. ^ "Lithomyrtus retusa". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
  3. Endlicher, S.F.L. (1834), Atakta Botanika 3: 20, t. XVIII.
  4. Neil Snow; Gordon P Guymer (1999). "Systematic and cladistic studies of Myrtella F. Muell. and Lithomyrtus F. Muell. (Myrtaceae)". Austrobaileya. 5: 173-207 . ISSN 0155-4131. JSTOR 41739139. Wikidata Q92300797.
  5. ^ "Lithomyrtus retusa". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
Taxon identifiers
Lithomyrtus retusa
Fenzlia retusa


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