Homoranthus melanostictus

Homoranthus melanostictus is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It has cylinder-shaped to flattened leaves with blackish oil dots and up to six yellow flowers arranged in leaf axils near the ends of the branchlets.[2][3]

Homoranthus melanostictus
Homoranthus melanostictus in the ANBG
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Homoranthus
Species:
H. melanostictus
Binomial name
Homoranthus melanostictus
Craven & S.R.Jones[1]
Occurrence data from AVH
Habit

Description

Homoranthus melanostictus may grow to a height 0.25 m (0.8 ft), spreads horizontally and becomes erect at the end of the branches.[4]

Taxonomy and naming

Homoranthus melanostictus was first formally described in 1991 by Lyndley Craven and S.R Jones and the description was published in Australian Systematic Botany.[5] The specific epithet (melanostictus) is derived from the Ancient Greek words melas meaning "black" or "dark"[6]:149 and stiktos meaning "punctured", "dappled" or "spotted".[6]:743

Distribution and habitat

Widely spread in south-eastern Queensland from north west of Taroom to south of Tara. Grows on sandy soils in shrubby woodland and heath.[4]

Conservation status

A widespread and sometimes common species. Poorly reserved, ROTAP conservation code 3RC using Briggs and Leigh (1996).[4]

References
  1. "Homoranthus melanostictus". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  2. Harden, Gwen J. "Homoranthus melanostictus". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  3. Copeland, Lachlan M.; Craven, Lyn A.; Bruhl, Jeremy J. (2011). "A taxonomic review of Homoranthus (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 24 (6): 351. doi:10.1071/SB11015.
  4. Copeland, Lachlan M.; Craven, Lyn A.; Bruhl, Jeremy J. (2011). "A taxonomic review of Homoranthus (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 24 (6): 351. doi:10.1071/SB11015.
  5. "Homoranthus melanostictus". APNI. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  6. Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
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