Species profile—Homoranthus porteri
Classification
Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Myrtaceae → Homoranthus porteri
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Plantae (plants)
- Class
- Equisetopsida (land plants)
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Scientific name
- Homoranthus porteri (C.T.White) Craven & S.R.Jones
- WildNet taxon ID
- 13970
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Vulnerable
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Vulnerable
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Confidential
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Description
- Homoranthus porteri is a shrub to about 2.5m high. The leaves are very small, up to 12mm long by 1.5mm wide, and spirally arranged. The flowers are small and occur in pairs on stalks, hanging from the point where the leaf joins the stem. The flowers are surrounded by red bracts and have a protruding style about 1.5cm long.
This species is characterised by the persistent bracts on the flower stalk, the long flower stalk, the laciniate (deeply cut) sepals and the long styles. (Craven & Jones 1991; ASGAP 2008) - Map
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- Distribution
- Homoranthus porteri is known from the Mareeba and Herberton districts in north-eastern Queensland. (Herbrecs 2008)
- Distributional limits
- -16.8634709, 144.8594476
-17.8132028, 145.489651 - Range derivation
- Range derived from extent of the taxon's verified records
- Habitat
- Homoranthus porteri occurs on sandstone pavements, rock outcrops and scree slopes adjacent to open forest.(Craven & Jones 1991; DEWHA 2008)
- Reproduction
- Homoranthus porteri flowers sporadically throughout the year. (Craven & Jones 1991)
- Notes
- Contributors: Tony Bean, Mellisa Mayhew 19/06/2009
- References
- Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants (2008). Homoranthus porteri, in Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants, online. Accessed 04/12/2008.
Craven, L.A. & Jones, S.R. (1991). A taxonomic review of Homoranthus and two new species of Darwinia (both Myrtaceae, Chamelaucieae). Australian Systematic Botany 4(3): 525.
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (2008). Homoranthus porteri in Species Profile and Threats Database, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Canberra. Accessed 05/12/2008.
Herbrecs (2008). Homoranthus porteri, in BriMapper version 3.2.1. Queensland Herbarium. Accessed 22/12/2008. - Profile author
- Tony Bean (19/06/2009)
Other resources
- Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT)
- The Australasian Virtual Herbarium (AVH)
- Atlas of Living Australia
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=13970.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
