| 词条 | Melaleuca procera |
| 释义 |
|image = |status = |status_system = |genus = Melaleuca |species = procera |authority = Craven[1] }} Melaleuca procera is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, spindly shrub with cylinder-shaped leaves and heads of pinkish flowers in later spring or early summer. DescriptionMelaleuca procera is a sparsely-branched shrub, growing to {{convert|2|m|ft|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} tall. Its leaves are arranged alternately, {{convert|5.5-19|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} long, {{convert|0.9-1.5|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} wide, linear in shape and nearly circular in cross-section, tapering to a rounded end with a sharp point.[1][2]The flowers are a shade of pink to mauve, arranged in heads on the ends of branches which continue to grow after flowering and sometimes also in the upper leaf axils. The heads are up to {{convert|30|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} in diameter and contain 2 to 9 groups of flowers in threes. The outer surface of the flower cup (the hypanthium) is hairy. The petals are {{convert|2.5-3.5|mm|in|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} long and fall off soon after the flower opens. There are five bundles of stamens around the flower, each with 8 to 10 stamens. Flowering occurs in November or December, and is followed by fruit which are solitary, woody capsules, {{convert|3-4|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} long.[1][2] Taxonomy and namingMelaleuca procera was first formally described in 1999 by Lyndley Craven in Australian Systematic Botany from a specimen collected on the Lake King to Norseman road.[3][4] The specific epithet (procera) is derived from Latin word procerus meaning “tall” or "slender",[5] referring slender habit of this species.[1]Distribution and habitatMelaleuca procera occurs in and between the Kulin, Kalgarin and Lake Grace districts[1] in the Avon Wheatbelt and Mallee biogeographic regions.[6] It grows in sandy loam and gravel[7] in low open heath.[1]ConservationMelaleuca procera is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife.[6]References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{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=292}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q6811077}}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|pages=226–227|edition=2nd}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|title=Melaleuca procera|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/boa/instance/apni/561839|publisher=APNI|accessdate=7 June 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=899|doi=10.1071/SB98019}} 5. ^{{cite book|last1=Brown|first1=Roland Wilbur|title=The Composition of Scientific Words|date=1956|publisher=Smithsonian Institution Press|location=Washington, D.C.|page=410}} 6. ^1 {{FloraBase|name=Melaleuca procera|id = 18266}} 7. ^{{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=396}} 5 : Melaleuca|Flora of Western Australia|Plants described in 1999|Endemic flora of Western Australia|Taxa named by Lyndley Craven |
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