Homoranthus tricolor

Homoranthus tricolor, is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area in south-east Queensland. It is an upright shrub with linear to lance-shaped leaves and green, red and black flowers arranged singly or in pairs in upper leaf axils. It is only known from a single population near Mundubbera.[2][3]

Homoranthus tricolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Homoranthus
Species:
H. tricolor
Binomial name
Homoranthus tricolor

Description

Flowers of H. tricolour are usually borne singly. There have been sightings of flowers in September only, but would probably flower into October.[4]

Taxonomy and naming

Homoranthus tricolor was first formally described in 2009 by Anthony Bean from a specimen he collected south-west of Mundubbera in 2008. The description was published in Austrobaileya.[5] The specific epithet (tricolor) refers to the three-coloured flowers.[2]

Distribution and habitat

Grows in shrubby woodland on a sandstone ridge.[4]

Conservation status

A rare species, currently known from a single population which is subjected to occasional grazing. Criteria of Briggs and Leigh (1996) a ROTAP conservation code of 2E appropriate. IUCN (2010) considered endangered.[4]

References
  1. "Homoranthus tricolor". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  2. Bean, Anthony R. (2009). "Homoranthus tricolor (Myrtaceae), a new species from south-eastern Queensland". Austrobaileya. 8 (1): 77–79. JSTOR 41739109.
  3. Copeland, Lachlan M.; Craven, Lyn A.; Bruhl, Jeremy J. (2011). "A taxonomic review of Homoranthus (Myrtaceae:Chamelaucieae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 24 (6): 371. 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 papillatus". APNI. Retrieved 25 August 2018.


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