Baeckea elderiana

Baeckea elderiana is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to central Western Australia.

Baeckea elderiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Baeckea
Species:
B. elderiana
Binomial name
Baeckea elderiana
Synonyms[1]

Baeckea baileyana C.A.Gardner

Description

Baeckea elderiana is an erect shrub that typically has a height of 0.3 to 2.5 metres (1 to 8 ft) and blooms between March and November producing white flowers.[2]

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by the botanist Ernst Georg Pritzel in 1904 in Engler's journal Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie in an article by Pritzel and Ludwig Diels entitled Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis.[3][4]

Specimens were originally collected by Richard Helms during the Elder expedition that left Adelaide in April 1891 and reached Geraldton in 1892. The species is named after Thomas Elder who had financed the expedition.[5]

Distribution and habitat

This baeckea is found on sandplains, rises and stony ridges in the Mid West, Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy, loamy and stony soils.[2]

References
  1. "Baeckea elderiana". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  2. "Baeckea elderiana". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. "Baeckea elderiana". APNI. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  4. Diels, Ludwig; Pritzel, Ernst G. (1904). "Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse". Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie. 35 (2–3): 418. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  5. "A lectotype designation for Baeckea elderiana (Myrtaceae:Chamelaucieae)" (PDF). Nuytsia. November 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
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