Darwinia diosmoides

Darwinia diosmoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Darwinia
Species:	D. diosmoides
Binomial name
Darwinia diosmoides (DC.) Benth.[1]
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms[1]
Genetyllis affinis Turcz. Genetyllis diosmoides DC.

Darwinia diosmoides is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a dense, erect shrub with linear leaves and more or less spherical heads of white flowers.

Description

Darwinia diosmoides is a dense, erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.3–1.2 m (1 ft 0 in – 3 ft 11 in). Its leaves are linear to more or less cylindrical, mostly 2–5 mm (0.079–0.197 in) long. The flowers are arranged in compact, more or less spherical heads 6–8.5 mm (0.24–0.33 in) in diameter, with oblong bracteoles shorter than the sepals. The sepals are about 3 mm (0.12 in) long and joined at the base with five small, scale-like lobes, the petals white and about 1.6 mm (0.063 in) long with the style extended beyond the petals.[2][3]

Taxonomy

This species was formally described in 1828 by Swiss botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle who gave it the name Genetyllis diosmoides in his Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis.[4][5] In 1865, George Bentham changed the name to Darwinia diosmoides in the Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany.[6] The specific epithet (diosmoides) means "Diosma-like".[7]

Distribution and habitat

Darwinia diosmoides grows on granite outcrops, on hillsides, near salt lakes and on sand dunes in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee and Warren bioregions of south-western Western Australia.[3]

Conservation status

This darwinia is listed as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[3]

References

1. "Darwinia diosmoides". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
2. Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1867). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 3. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 13. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
3. "Darwinia diosmoides ". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
4. "Genetyllis diosmoides". APNI. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
5. de Candolle, Augustin P. (1828). Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis. Vol. 3. Paris. p. 209. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
6. "Darwinia diosmoides". APNI. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
7. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 184. ISBN 9780958034180.