Homoranthus binghiensis facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Homoranthus binghiensis |
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Homoranthus
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binghiensis
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Homoranthus binghiensis is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area in northern New South Wales. It is an upright shrub with pointed leaves and usually paired yellowish to red flowers.
Description
An erect growth habit which distinguishes it from most other Homoranthus and having lemon coloured flowers in a two-flowered pseudo florescence. Leaves are linear shaped, rounded at the apex.
Taxonomy and naming
Homoranthus binghiensis was first formally described in 2011 by John Hunter and Lachlan Copeland from a specimen collected in the Torrington State Recreation Area in 2000. The description was published in Telopea. The specific epithet (binghiensis) refers to the Permian sedimentary rocks in the Torrington area that have been known as binghi.
Distribution and habitat
This species is restricted to Torrington State Conservation Area in northern New South Wales where it grows on shallow sandy soils in heath and shrubby woodland on or adjacent to granite outcrops.
Conservation status
Sometimes locally common, but restricted in distribution and known from only five or six populations, H. binghiensis is classified as "endangered" under the New South Wales Government Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995. Considered vulnerable and given a conservation code of 2VCt by Hunter and Copeland (2001).
