Kunzea baxteri

Kunzea baxteri
Kunzea baxteri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Kunzea
Species: K. baxteri
Binomial name
Kunzea baxteri
(Klotzsch) Schauer
Synonyms

Pentagonaster baxteri Klotzsch

Kunzea baxteri is a shrub in the family Myrtaceae. It is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia, where it occurs on granite outcrops and hills.[1]

It grows to between 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) and 4 metres (13 ft) in height. It is one of two Kunzea species that produces red flowers (the other being Kunzea pulchella).[2] The flowers are produced between July and March in its native range.[1]

The species was first formally described by Johann Friedrich Klotzsch as Pentagonaster baxteri in 1836 in Allgemeine Gartenzeitung.[3] The name was revised to Kunzea baxteri by Johannes Conrad Schauer in 1844.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Kunzea baxteri". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  2. McCarthy, Norm. "The Genus Kunzea". Australian Plants Online. Retrieved January 27, 2009.
  3. "Pentagonaster baxteri". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  4. "Kunzea baxteri". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
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