| 词条 | Melaleuca halophila |
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|image = Melaleuca halophila (habit).JPG |image_caption = M. halophila growing on the edge of a salt lake near Salmon Gums |status = |status_system = |genus = Melaleuca |species = halophila |authority = Craven }} Melaleuca halophila is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is a prickly shrub, similar to Melaleuca thapsina but its flowers are white and the leaves are shorter and hairier. DescriptionMelaleuca halophila is a shrub growing to {{convert|3|m|ft|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} tall. Its leaves are arranged alternately, linear to very narrow elliptic, roughly oval in cross-section, {{convert|11-30.5|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} long, {{convert|1.7-2.5|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} wide with a short, prickly point on the end. The leaves are covered with short, soft hairs.[1][2]The flowers are white and arranged in heads on the ends of branches which continue to grow after flowering and in the upper leaf axils. The heads are up to {{convert|15|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} in diameter and composed of 5 to 11 groups of flowers in threes. The petals are {{convert|1.0-1.5|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} long and fall off as the flower ages. There are five bundles of stamens around the flower, each with 3 to 7 stamens. Flowering occurs in October and November and is followed by fruit which are woody capsules {{convert|1.8-3|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} long.[1][2] Taxonomy and namingMelaleuca halophila was first formally described in 1999 by Lyndley Craven in Australian Systematic Botany from a specimen collected near Salmon Gums.[3][4] The specific epithet (halophila) is from the Ancient Greek words halos meaning "salt” or "sea"[5]{{rp|678}} and philia meaning “beloved" or "dear",[5]{{rp|498}} referring to the apparent preference of this species for salty situations.[1]Distribution and habitatMelaleuca halophila occurs in the Fitzgerald Peaks and Salmon Gums districts in the Esperance Plains and Mallee biogeographic regions.[6]ConservationMelaleuca halophila is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife.[6]References1. ^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=187}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q6811034}}2. ^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|page=284|edition=2nd}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=Melaleuca halophila|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/boa/instance/apni/561716|publisher=APNI|accessdate=5 August 2015}} 4. ^{{cite journal|last1=Craven|first1=L. A.|last2=Lepschi|first2=B. J.|title=Enumeration of the species and infraspecific taxa of Melaleuca (Myrtaceae) occurring in Australia and Tasmania|journal=Australian Systematic Botany|date=1999|volume=12|issue=6|page=880|doi=10.1071/SB98019}} 5. ^1 {{cite book|last1=Brown|first1=Roland Wilbur|title=The Composition of Scientific Words|date=1956|publisher=Smithsonian Institution Press|location=Washington, D.C.}} 6. ^1 {{FloraBase|name=Melaleuca halophila|id = 18166}} 5 : Melaleuca|Flora of Western Australia|Plants described in 1999|Endemic flora of Western Australia|Taxa named by Lyndley Craven |
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