Philotheca thryptomenoides
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Speciesbox
| name =
| image = Philotheca thryptomenoides.jpg
| image_caption = Near Beacon
| genus = Philotheca
| species = thryptomenoides
| authority = (S.Moore) Paul G.Wilson{{cite web|title=Philotheca thryptomenoides|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/162026|publisher=Australian Plant Census|accessdate=14 August 2020}}
| synonyms =
- Eriostemon thryptomenoides S.Moore
}}
Philotheca thryptomenoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a small undershrub with oval to club-shaped leaves and white flowers with a broad, reddish-brown stripe, arranged singly on the ends of branchlets.
Description
Philotheca thryptomenoides is an undershrub that typically grows to a height of about {{cvt|50|cm}} and has smooth, dark-coloured to black branchlets. The leaves are oval to club-shaped, {{cvt|1.5–3|mm}} long and flat on the upper surface. The flowers are arranged singly on the ends of branchlets and are sessile or on a pedicel up to {{cvt|2|mm}} long. The five sepals are egg-shaped, {{cvt|2–3|mm}} long, and the five petals are narrowly egg-shaped, white with a central reddish-brown stripe and about {{cvt|6|mm}} long. The ten stamens are free from each other and densely hairy. Flowering occurs from July to September and the fruit is {{cvt|1.5–2|mm}} long.{{FloraBase|name=Philotheca thryptomenoides|id=18507}}{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Paul G. |last2=Wilson |first2=Annette J.G. (ed.) |title=Flora of Australia (Volume 26) |date=2013 |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study |location=Canberra |page=387 |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Philotheca%20thryptomenoides |accessdate=14 August 2020}}{{cite journal |last1=Wilson |first1=Paul G. |title=A taxonomic revision of the genera Crowea, Eriostemon and Phebalium (Rutaceae) |journal=Nuytsia |date=1970 |volume=1 |issue=1 |page=37|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/223300#page/43/mode/1up |accessdate=14 August 2020}}
Taxonomy
This species was first described in 1920 by Spencer Le Marchant Moore who gave it the name Erisotemon thryptomenoides in the Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany.{{cite web|title=Eriostemon thryptomenoides|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/501045|publisher=APNI|accessdate=14 August 2020}}{{cite journal |last1=Moore |first1=Spencer Le Marchant |title=A contribution to the Flora of Australia. |journal=Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany |date=1920 |volume=45 |page=166 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/8410#page/180/mode/1up |accessdate=14 August 2020}} In 1998, Paul Wilson changed the name to Philotheca thryptomenoides in the journal Nuytsia.{{cite web|title=Philotheca thryptomenoides|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/557418|publisher=APNI|accessdate=14 August 2020}}{{cite journal |last1=Wilson |first1=Paul G. |title=A Taxonomic Review of the genera Eriostemon and Philotheca |journal=Nuytsia |date=1998 |volume=12 |issue=2 |page=255 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/226456#page/101/mode/1up|accessdate=14 August 2020}}
Distribution and habitat
Conservation status
Philotheca thryptomenoides is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife.
References
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Category:Plants described in 1920
Category:Rosids of Western Australia