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Species profile—Calytrix islensis

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Kingdom
Plantae (plants)
Class
Equisetopsida (land plants)
Family
Myrtaceae
Scientific name
Calytrix islensis Craven
WildNet taxon ID
12492
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Vulnerable
Conservation significant
Yes
Confidential
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
Short Notes
BRI 151731, status annotated by author
Description
Calytrix islensis is a mainly glabrous shrub to 2 m tall. The leaves are closely to widely spaced, appressed to spreading-ascending with stipules to 0.2 mm long. The petioles are obsolete or to 0.5 mm long, the blade is elliptic to obovate, 2 to 3.5 mm long by 1.1 to 2 mm wide, the margins are slightly ciliate, the base gradually tapering, the apex subtruncate to obtuse and apiculate. The inflorescences consist of one to several clusters of flowers, the subtending leaves are usually obovate with a wider scarious margin than on the foliage leaves. The calyx segments are connate at the base (up to 0.3 mm long), the blade is suborbicular, 2.5 to 3 mm long by 2.8 to 3.5 mm wide, the margin erose, the apex rounded to acute, produced into a scabrid awn to 11 mm long. The petals are white, becoming yellow towards the base; elliptic to lanceolate, 6.5 to 8 mm long by 3 to 4 mm wide, the apex acute to acuminate. The seed is not known.
Calytrix islensis is quite close to C. gurulmundensis but can be readily distinguished from it by the leaf blades which are extremely broadly obtriangular in transverse section whereas they are depressed angular-obovate in C. gurulmundensis (Craven, 1987).
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Distribution
Calytrix islensis has been recorded from Expedition NP, Isla Gorge NP and Precipice NP (Queensland Herbarium, 2012).
Distributional limits
-25.1900845, 149.1385241
-25.3470277, 150.1269057
Range derivation
Range derived from extent of the taxon's verified records
Habitat
Calytrix islensis is recorded as occurring in woodland on a dissected sandstone plateau, ridges and outcrops. Associated species include Eucalyptus rubiginosa, Corymbia citriodora, C. petalophylla, C. watsoniana, E. cloeziana, E. mediocris and occasionally Callitris endlicheri and Eucalyptus tenuipes. The shrub layer is represented by Pultenaea spp., Lomandra spp., Leptospermum lamellatum and Conospermum sphacelatum (Queensland Herbarium, 2012).
Reproduction
Calytrix islensis has been collected in flower in September and October. (Queensland Herbarium, 2012).
Status notes
Calytrix islensis is listed as Vulnerable under the Queensland Nature Conservation Act 1992.
Notes
Occurs in the following Queensland pastoral district: Leichhardt.
References
Craven, L.A. (1987). A taxonomic revision of Calytrix Labill. (Myrtaceae). Brunonia 10 (1): 80.
Queensland Herbarium (2012). Specimen label information. Queensland Herbarium. Accessed 19/01/2012.
Profile author
Ronald Booth (22/06/2012)

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=12492.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Last updated
20 May 2024