| 词条 | Melaleuca bromelioides |
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|image = Melaleuca bromelioides 03.JPG |image_caption = M. bromelioides growing near Ravensthorpe |genus = Melaleuca |species = bromelioides |authority = Barlow }} Melaleuca bromelioides is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has distinctive, pine-like, prickly leaves and flowers that change colour from white to reddish as they age. DescriptionMelaleuca bromelioides is a shrub to about {{convert|1.0-1.5|m|ft|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} high with mostly glabrous foliage and branches. Its leaves are crowded and pine-like, about {{convert|7–13|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|1|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} wide, linear or narrow oblong and tapering to a sharp point. The flowers are white when young but turn reddish as they age. They are in heads at or near the ends of the branches which continue to grow after flowering. Each head contains 2 to 10 individual flowers and is about {{convert|15-20|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} in diameter. Flowers appear in September and October and the fruit which follow are cylindrical or barrel-shaped woody capsules which retain the sepals as teeth around the edge. The fruit are {{convert|5-6|mm|in|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|4-5|mm|in|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} in diameter.[1][2] Taxonomy and namingMelaleuca bromelioides was first formally described in 1988 by Bryan Barlow in Australian Systematic Botany from a specimen found near Lake King.[3][4] The specific epithet (bromelioides) is a reference to the similarity of its flowers to the bromeliad growth form.[2]Distribution and habitatThis melaleuca is confined to the Esperance region in a narrow strip between Lake King to Mount Heywood[1] in the Coolgardie, Esperance Plains and Mallee biogeographic regions of Western Australia.[5] It grows in sandy or clayey soils on flats[6] in a range of vegetation associations including mallee, eucalypt woodland and scrubland.[2] ConservationMelaleuca bromelioides is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife.[5]References1. ^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=1876334983|pages=36–37|edition=2nd}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q15370337}}2. ^1 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=99|url=http://aciar.gov.au/files/mn156-species-a-c_1.pdf|accessdate=16 March 2015}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=Melaleuca bromelioides|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/boa/instance/apni/509248|publisher=APNI|accessdate=16 March 2015}} 4. ^{{cite journal|last1=Barlow|first1=BA|last2=Cowley|first2=KJ|title=Contributions to a revision of Revision of Melaleuca (Myrtaceae): 4-6|journal=Australian Systematic Botany|date=1988|volume=1|issue=2|page=112|doi=10.1071/SB9880095}} 5. ^1 {{FloraBase|name=Melaleuca bromelioides|id = 5882}} 6. ^{{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=392}} 5 : Melaleuca|Myrtales of Australia|Flora of Western Australia|Plants described in 1988|Endemic flora of Western Australia |
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