Calytrix

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Phylogeny & links to associated information:

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Common name:                Fringe Myrtles

Conservation status:  ...

Etymology:   

• The genus name (Calytrix) means "calyx hair", referring to the sepal awns

Flowers:                  

• The flowers are arranged singly in leaf axils with 2 bracteoles at the base

• The floral tube is usually long and tube-shaped with 5 overlapping sepals with a long awn on the end 

• The 5 lance-shaped to elliptic petals that are free from each other and fall from the flower as it develops

• There are many stamens, in one to several whorls

Fruit:                         

• A small, dry nut containing a single seed

Leaves:         

Stem & branches: 

Roots:         

Habit:        

• Plants in the genus Calytrix are dwarf to large shrubs with overlapping or widely-spaced leaves, but with stipules absent or small

Habitat:   

Distribution:                  

• Calytrix are endemic to Australia, occurring in the Northern Territory, Queensland and South Australia

• The majority of species occur in the south-west of Western Australia

Species:                     

• World:          83   

• Australia:    83 

Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy

  • The genus Calytrix was first formally described in 1806 by Jacques Labillardière in his Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen, and the first species he described (the type species was Calytrix tetragona)

• The genus includes the following species:

  • Calytrix achaeta (F.Muell.) Benth.

  • Calytrix acutifolia (Lindl.) Craven

  • Calytrix alpestris (Lindl.) Court - snow myrtle

  • Calytrix amethystina Craven

  • Calytrix angulata Lindl. - yellow starflower

  • Calytrix arborescens (F.Muell.) Benth.

  • Calytrix asperula (Schauer) Benth. - brush starflower

  • Calytrix aurea Lindl.

  • Calytrix birdii (F.Muell.) B.D.Jacks.

  • Calytrix brachychaeta (F.Muell.) Benth.

  • Calytrix brevifolia (Meisn.) Benth.

  • Calytrix breviseta Lindl.

  • Calytrix brownii (Schauer) Craven

  • Calytrix brunioides A.Cunn.

  • Calytrix carinata Craven

  • Calytrix chrysantha Craven

  • Calytrix ciliata (Turcz.) Benth.

  • Calytrix conferta A.Cunn.

  • Calytrix creswellii (F.Muell.) B.D.Jacks.

  • Calytrix cupressifolia A.Rich.

  • Calytrix curtophylla A.Cunn.

  • Calytrix decandra DC. - pink starflower

  • Calytrix decussata Craven

  • Calytrix depressa (Turcz.) Benth.

  • Calytrix desolata S.Moore

  • Calytrix divergens Craven

  • Calytrix diversifolia (Turcz.) B.D.Jacks.

  • Calytrix drummondii (Meisn.) Craven

  • Calytrix duplistipulata Craven

  • Calytrix ecalycata Craven

  • Calytrix empetroides (Schauer) Benth.

  • Calytrix eneabbensis Craven

  • Calytrix ericoides A.Cunn.

  • Calytrix erosipetala Craven

  • Calytrix exstipulata DC. - Kimberley heather

  • Calytrix faucicola Craven

  • Calytrix flavescens A.Cunn. - summer starflower

  • Calytrix formosa Craven

  • Calytrix fraseri A.Cunn. - pink summer calytrix

  • Calytrix glaberrima (F.Muell.) Craven

  • Calytrix glabra R.Br.

  • Calytrix glutinosa Lindl.

  • Calytrix gracilis Benth.

  • Calytrix granulosa Benth.

  • Calytrix gurulmundensis Craven

  • Calytrix gypsophila Craven

  • Calytrix habrantha Craven

  • Calytrix harvestiana (F.Muell.) Craven

  • Calytrix inopinata Craven

  • Calytrix involucrata J.M.Black - cup fringe-myrtle

  • Calytrix islensis Craven

  • Calytrix laricina Benth.

  • Calytrix leptophylla Benth.

  • Calytrix leschenaultii (Schauer) Benth.

  • Calytrix longiflora (F.Muell.) Benth.

  • Calytrix megaphylla (F.Muell.) Benth.

  • Calytrix merrelliana (F.Muell. & Tate) Craven

  • Calytrix micrairoides Craven

  • Calytrix microcoma Craven

  • Calytrix mimiana Craven

  • Calytrix mitchellii S.Moore

  • Calytrix muricata (F.Muell.) Benth.

  • Calytrix nematoclada Craven

  • Calytrix oldfieldii Benth.

  • Calytrix oncophylla Craven

  • Calytrix parvivallis Craven

  • Calytrix patrickiae Rye

  • Calytrix paucicostata Craven

  • Calytrix pimeleoides C.A.Gardner ex Keighery

  • Calytrix platycheiridia Craven

  • Calytrix plumulosa (F.Muell.) B.D.Jacks.

  • Calytrix praecipua Craven

  • Calytrix puberula (Meisn.) Benth.

  • Calytrix pubescens G.Don

  • Calytrix pulchella (Turcz.) B.D.Jacks.

  • Calytrix purpurea (F.Muell.) Craven

  • Calytrix rupestris Craven

  • Calytrix sagei Rye

  • Calytrix sapphirina Lindl.

  • Calytrix scabra DC.

  • Calytrix similis Craven

  • Calytrix simplex Lindl.

  • Calytrix smeatoniana (F.Muell.) Craven

  • Calytrix stenophylla W.Fitzg.

  • Calytrix stipulosa W.Fitzg.

  • Calytrix stowardii S.Moore

  • Calytrix strigosa A.Cunn.

  • Calytrix sullivanii (F.Muell.) B.D.Jacks.

  • Calytrix superba C.A.Gardner & A.S.George - superb starflower

  • Calytrix surdiviperana Craven

  • Calytrix sylvana Craven

  • Calytrix tenuifolia (Meisn.) Benth.

  • Calytrix tenuiramea (Turcz.) Benth.

  • Calytrix tetragona Labill. - common fringe-myrtle

  • Calytrix truncata A.Cunn.

  • Calytrix truncatifolia Craven

  • Calytrix uncinata Craven

  • Calytrix variabilis Lindl.

  • Calytrix verruculosa Craven

  • Calytrix verticillata Craven

  • Calytrix viscida Rye

  • Calytrix violacea (Lindl.) Craven

  • Calytrix warburtonensis Craven

  • Calytrix watsonii (F.Muell. & Tate) C.A.Gardner

  • Calytrix wickhamiana S.Moore

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calytrix (2024)