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Chamelaucium

Desfontaines

Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 5: 39, plate 3, fig. B, plate 4. 1819.

Common names: Waxflower

Etymology: Derivation uncertain possibly Greek chamai, dwarf, and lauchis, poplar, alluding to flower or kamelaukion, headdress of medieval Popes, alluding to form of calyptra

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 10.

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Shrubs, glabrous. Leaves decussate; blade venation inconspicuous. Inflorescences 1-flowered, axillary, flowers solitary in corymbose clusters. Flowers 5-merous, sessile or pedicellate; hypanthium obconic to cylindric-obconic, prolonged and bowl-like beyond ovary summit; perianth parts distinct; petals white, pink, or purple, [yellow]; stamens ca. 10, about as long as perianth, equal number of staminodes sometimes present; ovary 1-locular; style equal to or longer than stamens, with a ring of hairs just below stigma; ovules 4–8. Fruits nutlike. Seed 1, winged or not. x = 11.

1 Distribution
2 Discussion
3 Selected References
4 Lower Taxa

Distribution

Introduced; California, Australia.

Discussion

Species ca. 13 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Chamelaucium uncinatum

Category:

Myrtaceae

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Treatment

Facts

... more about "Chamelaucium"

Leslie R. Landrum +

Desfontaines +

Waxflower +

California + and Australia. +

Etymology

Derivation uncertain +, possibly Greek chamai, dwarf, and lauchis, poplar, alluding to flower + and or kamelaukion, headdress of medieval Popes, alluding to form of calyptra +

Introduced

true +

Number of lower taxa

1 +

Publication title

Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. +

Publication year

1819 +

Reference

None +

Source xml

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