Acrotriche ramiflora
| Acrotriche ramiflora | |
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| In Fitzgerald River National Park | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Acrotriche |
| Species: | A. ramiflora
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| Binomial name | |
| Acrotriche ramiflora | |
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| Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium | |
Acrotriche ramiflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is an erect or spreading shrub with linear to lance-shaped leaves and small pinkish, tube-shaped flowers and red, flattened spherical drupes.
Description
[edit]Acrotriche ramiflora is an erect or spreading, divaricately branched shrub that typically grows to up 0.5–1 m (1 ft 8 in – 3 ft 3 in) high and is more or less glabrous. Its leaves are linear to lance-shaped and sharply pointed, 6–8 mm (0.24–0.31 in) long, 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) wide. The flowers are arranged in spikes of 6 to 10, 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in) long, scattered along old wood with bracteoles about 1.5 mm (0.059 in) long. The flowers are small, pinkish and fused at the base to form a cylindrical tube 2.5 mm (0.098 in) long, with lobes 1.5 mm (0.059 in) long. Flowering occurs from July to October and the fruit is a red, flattened spherical drupe about 4 mm (0.16 in) in diameter.[2][3][4]
Taxonomy and naming
[edit]Acrotriche ramiflora was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae.[5][6] The specific epithet (ramiflora) means 'branch-flowered', referring flowers appearing on old wood.[7]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]This species of Acrotriche grows on coastal dunes, sandplains, granite boulders and breakaways in the Esperance Plains and Jarrah Forest bioregions of southern Western Australia.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Acrotriche ramiflora". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Acrotriche ramiflora". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ Paterson, Betsy R. (1960). "Revision of the genus Acrotriche R.Br. (Epacridaceae)". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 85 (1): 89–90. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ Bentham, George (1868). Flora Australiensis. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 228. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ "Acrotriche ramiflora". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ Brown, Robert (1810). Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae. London: Typis R Taylor, veneunt apud J. Johnson. p. 547. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- ^ George, Alex; Sharr, Francis (2021). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (4th ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 291. ISBN 9780958034180.