Darwinia hypericifolia
In the Australian National Botanic Gardens

Priority Four — Rare Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Darwinia
Species:
D. hypericifolia
Binomial name
Darwinia hypericifolia
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms[1]

Genetyllis hypericifolia Turcz.

Darwinia hypericifolia is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, straggly shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.4–1 m (1 ft 4 in – 3 ft 3 in) and has clusters of flowers surrounded by red bracts, mainly in October and November.[2]

The species was first formally described in 1852 by Nikolai Turczaninow who gave it the name Genetyllis hypericifolia in the Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg.[3][4] In 1923, Karel Domin changed the name to Darwinia hypericifolia inVestnik Kralovske Ceske Spolecnosti Nauk, Trida Matematiko-Prirodevedecke.[5]

Darwinia hypericifolia occurs on peaty sand on the slopes of mountains in the Stirling Range in the Esperance Plains bioregion of south-western Western Australia.[2][6] It is listed as "Priority Four" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions,[2] meaning that it is rare or near threatened.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Darwinia hypericifolia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Darwinia hypericifolia". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. ↑ "Genetyllis hypericifolia". APNI. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  4. ↑ Turczaninow, Nikolai (1852). "Myrtaceae Xerocarpicae in Nova Hollandia a cl. Drummond lectae et plerumque in collectione ejus quinta distributae, determinatae et descriptae". Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg. 10: 345. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "Darwinia hypericifolia". APNI. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  6. ↑ Gardner, C.A. (1981). Wildflowers of Western Australia. Perth: St George Books. p. 10. ISBN 086778007X.
  7. ↑ "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
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