Enekbatus cryptandroides
Enekbatus cryptandroides is a shrub endemic to Western Australia.[1]
| Enekbatus cryptandroides | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Enekbatus |
| Species: | E. cryptandroides |
| Binomial name | |
| Enekbatus cryptandroides | |
| Synonyms | |
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Baeckea cryptandroides | |
The dense shrub typically grows to a height of 0.7 metres (2 ft) and blooms between September and October producing pink-white flowers. The species shares features with Enekbatus clavifolius, both of which have to have ten stamens that are oppositely arranged to the sepals and petals. They also have tuberculate and usually often fruit containing many smooth seeds partly covered by an adherent scurfy layer.[2]
It is found in the Mid West and Goldfields regions of Western Australia between Wiluna and east of Kalgoorlie where it grows in sandy-clay soils.[1]
The species was first formally described as Baeckea cryptandroides by the botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1876 as part of the work Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. It was reclassified to the Enekbatus genera in 2010 by Barbara Rye and Malcolm Trudgen[2] in the work Enekbatus, a new Western Australian genus of Myrtaceae with a multi-locular indehiscent fruit. as published in the journal Nuytsia[3]
References
- "Enekbatus cryptandroides". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
- Trudgen, M.E.; Rye, B.L. (2010). "Enekbatus, a new Western Australian genus of Myrtaceae with a multi-locular indehiscent fruit" (PDF). Nuytsia. Deprtmant of Environment and conservation. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- "Enekbatus cryptandroides (F.Muell.) Trudgen & Rye". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 10 June 2017.