Homoranthus flavescens is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to northern New South Wales. It is a low, spreading, flat-topped shrub with cylinder-shaped or flattened leaves. Single yellow to reddish flowers appear in leaf axils in late spring and summer, forming clusters near the end of the branchlets.[2][3][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Homoranthus |
| Species: | H. flavescens
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Description edit
Homoranthus flavescens grow to 0.5 metres high and 1 metre in width and have leaves are 6 to 10 mm long and up to 1.5 mm in width. Yellow flowers appear in late spring and summer.[2] Fruits September-December.[5]
Taxonomy and naming edit
Homoranthus flavescens was first formally described in 1843 by Johannes Conrad Schauer from an unpublished description by Allan Cunningham. The description was published in Monographia Myrtacearum Xerocarpicarum.[6][7] The specific epithet (flavescens) is the incipient form[8]: 44 of the Latin word flavus meaning "yellow" or "golden yellow".[8]: 872
Distribution and habitat edit
Grows from Yetman in far northern New South Wales to Dubbo and Merriwa districts. Grows most commonly on sandstone in shrubby woodland or heath.[5]
Conservation status edit
Widespread, often locally common and well reserved.[5]
References edit
- ^ a b "Homoranthus flavescens". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ a b Harden, Gwen J. "Homoranthus flavescens". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ^ "Homoranthus flavescens". Australian Native Plants. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ^ Lodder, Mary S. "Homoranthus flavescens". Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ "Homoranthus flavescens". APNI. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ^ Schauer, Johannes C. (1843). Monographia Myrtacearum Xerocarpicarum. pp. 192–193. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ^ a b Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
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