Correa eburnea
Deep Creek Correa
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ENDANGERED & NOT AT ANBG
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Wikipedia links: Angiosperms > Eudicots > Rosids > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Correa eburnea
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Plant information
Plant information
Common name: Deep Creek Correa
Conservation status: Endangered
This correa is listed as a "endangered" under the Australian Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and the South Australian Government National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1972
The main threats to the species are vegetation clearing and grazing by cattle
Etymology:
Flowers:
The flowers are arranged singly or in groups of up to five in leaf axils
Each flower nodding on a pedicel about 2 mm long
Two round to heart-shaped bracts 10–25 mm long at the base of the flowers
The calyx is cup-shaped, 4–7 mm long including the four triangular teeth about 1.5 mm long
The corolla is green, 18–25 mm long and covered with green hairs
The stamens protrude from the end of the corolla
Fruit:
Leaves:
The leaves are papery, egg-shaped to elliptical
Mostly 30–50 mm long on a short petiole
Covered with minute white hairs on the lower surface
Stem & branches:
Branchlets covered with rust-coloured hairs
Roots:
Habit:
A shrub that typically grows to a height of 1–4 mm
Habitat:
Banks of damp creeks and on cliff tops near the mouths of major creeks
Distribution:
Endemic to the Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia
Occurs near Encounter Bay on the southern Fleurieu Peninsula
Most individuals are in the Deep Creek Conservation Park
Additional notes:
Taxonomy
Correa eburnea was first formally described by Paul G. Wilson in 1998 in the botanic journal Nuytsia from plant material collected in 1991 from Deep Creek Conservation Park on the Fleurieu Peninsula by Robert John Bates
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