Kunzea baxteri

Kunzea baxteri
Kunzea baxteri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Kunzea
Species: K. baxteri
Binomial name
Kunzea baxteri
(Klotzsch) Schauer
Synonyms

Pentagonaster baxteri Klotzsch

Kunzea baxteri is a shrub in the family Myrtaceae. It is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia, where it occurs on granite outcrops and hills.[1]

It grows to between 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) and 4 metres (13 ft) in height. It is one of two Kunzea species that produces red flowers (the other being Kunzea pulchella).[2] The flowers are produced between July and March in its native range.[1]

The species was first formally described by Johann Friedrich Klotzsch as Pentagonaster baxteri in 1836 in Allgemeine Gartenzeitung.[3] The name was revised to Kunzea baxteri by Johannes Conrad Schauer in 1844.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Kunzea baxteri". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  2. ↑ McCarthy, Norm. "The Genus Kunzea". Australian Plants Online. Retrieved January 27, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Pentagonaster baxteri". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  4. ↑ "Kunzea baxteri". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
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