Calothamnus planifolius is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with many branches, growing to a height of about 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) with flat leaves and red flowers from September to November.[2][3] The flowers have 4 petals and 4 narrow bundles of stamens. (In 2014 Craven, Edwards and Cowley proposed that the species be renamed Melaleuca planifolia.)[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Calothamnus |
| Species: | C. planifolius
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The species was first formally described by Johann Lehmmann in 1842 in Delectus Seminum quae in Horto Hamburgensium botanico e collectione.[5]
Calothamnus planifolius occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt and Jarrah Forest biogeographic regions[2] where it grows in gravelly clay over laterite.[6] It is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Calothamnus planifolius". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ a b c "Calothamnus planifolius". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ Hawkeswood, Trevor J. (1984). "Nine new species of Calothamnus Labill. (Myrtaceae: Leptospermoideae) from Western Australia". Nuytsia. 5 (1): 124–125. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ^ Craven, Lyn A.; Edwards, Robert D.; Cowley, Kirsten J. (30 June 2014). "New combinations and names in Melaleuca (Myrtaceae)". Taxon. 63 (3): 666. doi:10.12705/633.38.
- ^ "Calothamnus planifolius". APNI. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
- ^ Paczkowska, Grazyna; Chapman, Alex R. (2000). The Western Australian flora : a descriptive catalogue. Perth: Wildflower Society of Western Australia. p. 351. ISBN 0646402439.
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