| 词条 | Melaleuca aspalathoides |
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|image = Melaleuca aspalathoides.jpg |image_caption = Melaleuca aspalathoides growing near Mundaring |genus = Melaleuca |species = aspalathoides |authority = Schauer }} Melaleuca aspalathoides is a small shrub in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area in the south-west of Western Australia. It is a small shrub with soft, grey foliage and distinctive calyx lobes around each of its magenta-coloured flowers. DescriptionMelaleuca aspalathoides usually grows to a height of less than {{convert|60|cm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}}. Its leaves are thin cylinder-shaped, {{convert|7-28|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} long, crowded around the stem and covered with silky, grey-green hairs. Leaves on new shoots are longer, softer and silkier than older leaves.[1][2]Magenta-coloured flowers appear in late spring and summer at the ends of the branches, contrasting with the grey foliage. The base of the flower is woolly and the five sepals surrounding it are sharply pointed. Flowering occurs in late spring and summer. The fruit are round to urn-shaped, about {{convert|7|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|5|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} diameter.[1][2] Taxonomy and namingThis species was first formally described in 1844 by Johannes Conrad Schauer in Plantae Preissianae from a specimen collected near York in 1840.[3][4] The specific epithet (aspalathoides) is a reference to its similarity to plants in the genus Aspalathus.[3] Distribution and habitatThis melaleuca occurs in the area between the Walkaway, Western Australia and Brookton-Tammin districts[2] in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains and Jarrah Forest biogeographic regions of Western Australia. It grows in loam on gravelly ridges.[5][6] ConservationMelaleuca aspalathoides is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife.[6]References1. ^1 {{cite book|last1=Brophy|first1=Joseph J.|last2=Craven|first2=Lyndley A.|last3=Doran|first3=John C.|title=Melaleucas : their botany, essential oils and uses|date=2013|publisher=Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research|location=Canberra|isbn=9781922137517|page=82}} {{Wikispecies}}{{Taxonbar|from=Q15370225}}2. ^1 2 {{cite book|last1=Holliday|first1=Ivan|title=Melaleucas : a field and garden guide|date=2004|publisher=Reed New Holland Publishers|location=Frenchs Forest, N.S.W.|isbn=1876334983|pages=26–27|edition=2nd}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|title=Melaleuca aspalathoides|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/boa/instance/apni/509018|publisher=APNI|accessdate=24 July 2015}} 4. ^{{cite book|last1=Schauer|first1=Joseph Conrad|title=Plantae Preissianae|date=1844|page=140|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/498179#page/145/mode/1up}} 5. ^{{cite book|last1=Paczkowska|first1=Grazyna|last2=Chapman|first2=Alex R.|title=The Western Australian flora : a descriptive catalogue|date=2000|publisher=Wildflower Society of Western Australia|location=Perth|isbn=0646402439|page=391}} 6. ^1 {{FloraBase|name=Melaleuca aspalathoides Schauer|id = 5876}} 6 : Melaleuca|Myrtales of Australia|Plants described in 1844|Rosids of Western Australia|Endemic flora of Western Australia|Taxa named by Johannes Conrad Schauer |
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