Homoranthus elusus
| Homoranthus elusus | |
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| Holotype in the University of New England | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Homoranthus |
| Species: | H. elusus
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| Binomial name | |
| Homoranthus elusus | |
Homoranthus elusus is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales. It is a shrub with linear leaves and with groups of up to four flowers in leaf axils. It is only known from a single specimen collected near Tenterfield.[2][3]
Description
An erect shrub with 2-4 flowers held erect in leaf axils at branchlet apex. Flowers in July and August.[4]
Taxonomy and naming
Homoranthus elusus was first formally described in 2011 by Lachlan Copeland, Lyndley Craven and Jeremy Bruhl from a specimen collected on Bluff Rock near Tenterfield in 2002 and the description was published in Australian Systematic Botany.[5] The specific epithet (elusus) is a Latin word meaning "avoid", "evade", "frustrate" or "baffle",[6] referring to the unsuccessful attempts by the authors to locate the species.[2]
Distribution and habitat
Known from a single collection from Bluff Rock south of Tenterfield New South Wales. May grow in scrub and heath patches.[4]
Conservation status
Known from a single specimen collected in 1992. Briggs and Leigh (1996) conservation code 1E. IUCN (2010) should be considered 'Critically Endangered'.[4]
References
- ^ "Homoranthus elusus". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ a b Copeland, Lachlan M.; Craven, Lyn A.; Bruhl, Jeremy J. (2011). "A taxonomic review of Homoranthus (Myrtaceae:Chamelaucieae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 24 (6): 366–367. doi:10.1071/SB11015.
- ^ Wilson, Peter G. "Homoranthus elusus". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. 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 elusus". APNI. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ^ Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 709.