Pultenaea myrtoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect shrub with egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, pea-like flowers and flattened fruit.
| Pultenaea myrtoides | |
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| Near Beerwah | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Pultenaea |
| Species: | P. myrtoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Pultenaea myrtoides | |
Description
editPultenaea myrtoides is an erect shrub with stems that have soft hairs pressed against the surface. The leaves are egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 5–20 mm (0.20–0.79 in) long and 2–7 mm (0.079–0.276 in) wide, with stipules 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) long at the base. The lower surface of the leaves is paler than the upper surface. The flowers are arranged in dense clusters on the ends of branches and are 7–10 mm (0.28–0.39 in) long, each flower on a pedicel about 1 mm (0.039 in) long. There are two- or three-lobed, egg-shaped to spatula-shaped bracts 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long at the base. The sepals are 5–8 mm (0.20–0.31 in) long and densely hairy with keeled bracteoles 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) long attached near the base of the sepal tube. The fruit is a flattened pod about 6 mm (0.24 in) long.[2]
Taxonomy
editPultenaea myrtoides was first formally described in 1837 by George Bentham from an unpublished description by Allan Cunningham. Bentham's description was published in his book Commentationes de Leguminosarum Generibus.[3][4] The specific epithet (myrtoides) means "myrtle-like".[5]
Distribution and habitat
editThis pultenaea grows in heath and forest on the coast and tablelands of south-east Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales as far south as Port Stephens.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Pultenaea myrtoides". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Pultenaea myrtoides". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Pultenaea myrtoides". APNI. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ Bentham, George (1837). Commentationes de Leguminosarum Generibus. pp. 17–18. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 258. ISBN 9780958034180.