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词条 Melaleuca bisulcata
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  1. Description

  2. Taxonomy and naming

  3. Distribution and habitat

  4. Conservation

  5. References

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Melaleuca bisulcata is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the a relatively small area on the west coast of Western Australia. It is difficult to distinguish this species from Melaleuca psammophila except on differences in the shape of the calyx lobes.

Description

Melaleuca bisulcata is a shrub growing to a height of {{convert|1.3|m|ft|sigfig=1|abbr=on}}. The leaves are crowded, arranged alternately and {{convert|4.8-7.2|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|0.9-1.7|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} wide.[1][2]

The flowers are arranged in heads at the ends of branches, with the branch continuing to grow after flowering. Each head has 1 to 4 groups of flowers in pairs or threes. The stamens are arranged in five bundles around each flower, 6 to 12 stamens per bundle, coloured pink, purple or magenta. Flowering occurs in September and October and the fruit which follow are woody capsules {{convert|4.8-6.5|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} long.[1][2]

Taxonomy and naming

Melaleuca bisulcata was first formally described in 1862 by Ferdinand Mueller in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae from a specimen found "in the desert near the Murchison River by Augustus Oldfield".[3][4] The specific epithet (bisulcata) is from the Latin bis meaning "twice"[5]{{rp|823}} and sulcatus for "furrowed" or "grooved",[5]{{rp|359}} "in reference to the dried leaves of this species commonly having two longitudinal grooves".[2]

Distribution and habitat

This melaleuca occurs in the Kalbarri district in the Geraldton Sandplains and Yalgoo biogeographic regions of Western Australia. It grows in sand, clayey sand and gravel over laterite on sandplains and roadsides.[6]

Conservation

Melaleuca bisulcata is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife.[6]

References

1. ^{{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=978-1876334987|page=228|edition=2nd}}
2. ^{{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=89}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=Melaleuca bisulcata|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/boa/instance/apni/509077|publisher=APNI|accessdate=17 March 2015}}
4. ^{{cite journal|last1=Ferdinand|first1=Mueller|title=Melaleuca bisulcata|journal=Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae|date=1862|volume=3|issue=21|page=118|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/7220#page/125/mode/1up|accessdate=4 March 2015}}
5. ^{{cite book|last1=Brown|first1=Roland Wilbur|title=The Composition of Scientific Words|date=1956|publisher=Smithsonian Institution Press|location=Washington, D.C.}}
6. ^{{FloraBase|name=Melaleuca sulcata|id = 19384}}
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6 : Melaleuca|Myrtales of Australia|Flora of Western Australia|Plants described in 1862|Endemic flora of Western Australia|Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller

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