Anticoryne ovalifolia

Anticoryne ovalifolia is a common heathland shrub found in coastal areas of Western Australia.[2]

Anticoryne ovalifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Anticoryne
Species:
A. ovalifolia
Binomial name
Anticoryne ovalifolia
Synonyms[1]
  • Babingtonia ovalifolia (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
  • Baeckea ovalifolia (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
  • Harmogia ovalifolia F.Muell.

The erect shrub typically grows to a height of between 0.5 to 2 metres (2 to 7 ft) and has linear oblong to ovate shaped leaves that are 3 to 6 millimetres (0.12 to 0.24 in) in length.[3] It blooms from May and November producing pink-white flowers[2] that have a diameter of approximately 15 mm (0.59 in).[3]

It is often found on rocky slopes growing in sandy soils among quartzite or granite[2] in a small area along the south coast of Western Australia.

The species was first formally described in 1860 by Ferdinand von Mueller who gave it the name Harmogia ovalifolia in his Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae.[4][5] In 1864, von Mueller changed the name to the Baeckea ovalifolia[6] and in 2012, Barbara Lynette Rye changed the name to Anticoryne ovalifolia in the journal Nuytsia.[7][8]

References
  1. "Anticoryne ovalifolia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  2. "Anticoryne ovalifolia". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. Margaret G. Corrick; Bruce Alexander Fuhrer (2009). Wildflowers of Southern Western Australia. Rosenberg Publishing. p. 111. ISBN 9781877058844.
  4. "Harmogia ovalifolia". APNI. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  5. von Mueller, Ferdinand (1860). Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. Vol. 2. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. p. 32. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  6. "Baeckea ovalifolia". APNI. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  7. "Anticoryne ovalifolia". APNI. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  8. Rye, Barbara L.; Trudgen, Malcolm E. (2012). "Seven new combinations for Western Australian members of Myrtaceae tribe Chamelaucieae" (PDF). Nuytsia. 22 (6): 393–395. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
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