Leptospermum sejunctum
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|genus = Leptospermum
|species = sejunctum
|authority = Joy Thomps.{{cite web|title=Leptospermum sejunctum|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/100610|publisher=Australian Plant Census|accessdate=26 May 2020}}
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File:Leptospermum sejunctum fruit.jpg
Leptospermum sejunctum is a shrub that is endemic to the Nowra district in New South Wales. It has thin, grey bark, lance-shaped to elliptical leaves, white flowers and fruit that remain on the plant at maturity.
Description
Leptospermum sejunctum is a shrub that typically grows to a height {{cvt|1–1.5|m}}. It has thin, grey bark, the younger stems more or less glabrous with a conspicuous flange. The leaves are elliptical to lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, {{cvt|10–20|mm}} long and {{cvt|3–4|mm}} wide with a blunt tip and tapering at the base but without a petiole. The flowers are borne singly on short side shoots from adjacent leaf axils. There are pale reddish-brown bracts and the floral cup is glabrous, about {{cvt|2|mm}} long. The sepals are broadly egg-shaped, about {{cvt|2|mm}} long and the stamens are about {{cvt|2|mm}} long. The fruit is a capsule about {{cvt|8|mm}} in diameter, the sepals having fallen off, and that remains on the plant when mature.{{cite web |url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Leptospermum~sejunctum |title=Leptospermum sejunctum|accessdate=30 May 2020 |author=|work= PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia}}{{cite journal |last1=Thompson |first1=Joy |title=A revision of the genus Leptospermum (Myrtaceae) |journal=Telopea |date=1989 |volume=3 |issue=3 |pages=407–408|doi=10.7751/telopea19894902 }}
Taxonomy and naming
Leptospermum sejunctum was first formally described in 1989 by Joy Thompson in the journal Telopea, based on plant material collected near Nowra in 1981.{{cite web|title=Leptospermum sejunctum|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/528477|publisher=APNI|accessdate=30 May 2020}} The species is named for its location, separate from the somewhat similar L. variabile and L. oreophilum.
Distribution and habitat
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Category:Myrtales of Australia
Category:Flora of New South Wales