Gyrostemon ramulosus is a plant in the family Gyrostemonaceae. It was first described by René Louiche Desfontaines in 1820.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Gyrostemonaceae |
| Genus: | Gyrostemon |
| Species: | G. ramulosus
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It is native to dry zones in Western and South of Australia.
Description
editGyrostemon ramulosus grows to shrubs or trees to 5 m (16 ft) tall, with corky bark on the old branches; the leaves are slender. Male flowers have pedicels that curve backwards, reaching up to 5 mm (0.20 in) in length and width when fully open, featuring a distinctly lobed calyx with pointed lobes and multiple anthers arranged in several layers.
Female flowers also possess backward-curving pedicels, reaching lengths of up to 7 mm (0.28 in), with a distinctly lobed calyx where the lobes are either pointed or blunt. Each female flower typically contains 20-30 carpels, each with a stalkless stigma that spreads to form a crown above the ring of ovaries. These flowers bloom between May and September. The pale brown spherical fruits, measuring up to 6 mm (0.24 in) in length, develop from multiple seed segments.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Gyrostemon". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 7 September 2008.
- ^ A.S.George (2020). "Gyrostemon ramulosus". Flora of Australia. Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
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