Kunzea baxteri
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Kunzea baxteri is a species of the genus Kunzea withinthe myrtle family (Myrtaceae). This endemic occurs only in the southern part of the Australian state of Western Australia .
description
Vegetative characteristics
Kunzea baxteri grows as a shrub and reaches heights of 1 to 4 meters.
Ganerative characteristics
Together with Kunzea pulchella , it is one of the two Kunzea species that develop red flowers. The hermaphroditic flowers are radial symmetry and five-fold with a double flower envelope . The five sepals are fused at their base. The calyx rim consists of five pointed lobes. The five petals fall off after the flowering period. There are 26 to 30 stamens with red stamens in each flower . The anthers are two-sided, short and close fitting. The under constant ovary is fünffächrig and contains many ovules . The red stylus is thread-shaped and reaches the same length as the stamens.
Occurrence
The distribution area of Kunzea baxteri only covers the southern coastal strip of Western Australia between Esperance and Albany and the area south of Perth on the southwest coast. According to the preliminary division of Australia into biogeographic regions ( Interim Biogeographic Regionalization for Australia ), the occurrence of Kunzea baxteri falls on the regions Esperance Plains , Jarrah Forest , Mallee and Swan Coastal Plain . Kunzea baxteri grows influenced by sea air on sandy soils , granite - outcrops and granite hills.
use
Because of its conspicuous red flowers and the ease with which it can be reproduced, Kunzea baxteri is cultivated in parks and gardens in the Mediterranean climate and in greenhouses in cooler climates.
Taxonomy
The first description of this kind took place in 1836 by Johann Friedrich Klotzsch under the name ( Basionym ) Pentagon Aster baxteri in the Public Garden newspaper . It was placed in the genus Kunzea in 1844 as Kunzea baxteri by Johannes Conrad Schauer in JGC Lehmann: Plantae Preissianae , 1, p. 123 . The specific epithet baxteri honors the English naturalist and plant collector William Baxter .
literature
- Johann Friedrich Klotzsch: Pentagonaster, a new genus of the De Candolleschen Leptospermeen with free stamens. , In: Allgemeine Gartenzeitung , 4, 15, pp. 113–116, April 9, 1836.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kunzea baxteri in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
- ↑ a b Kunzea baxteri at FloraBase.
- ^ Norm McCarthy: The Genus Kunzea. In: Native Plants for New South Wales , newsletter of the Australian Plants Society (NSW Region), October 2004. ( Online ( Memento of the original from December 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. )
- ↑ Johann Friedrich Klotzsch: Pentagonaster, a new genus of the De Candolleschen Leptospermeen with free stamens. In: Allgemeine Gartenzeitung , 4, 15, pp. 113–116, April 9, 1836.
- ^ Kunzea baxteri at Australian Plant Name Index = APNI.
