Thryptomene

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Phylogeny & links to associated information

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Etymology:   

• The name Thryptomene means "made small"

Flowers

• They are usually arranged singly or in pairs in leaf axils

• They usually have five sepals, five white or pink petals and five, rarely ten or fifteen stamens

Fruit:                            

• The fruit is a nut usually containing a single seed

Leaves:         

• Small leaves arranged in opposite pairs with oil glands especially visible on the lower surface

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Habit:        

• Plants are erect, slender shrubs typically growing to a height of 0.5–2.5 m 

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Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy

• The genus Thryptomene was first formally described in 1838 by Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher in Stirpium Australasicarum Herbarii Hugeliani Decades Tres, published in the journal Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte and the first species described was Thryptomene australis

• Species list

  • The following is a list of Thrypomene species accepted by the Australian Plant Census as of April 2021:

    1. Thryptomene australis Endl. – hook-leaf thryptomene (W.A.)

    2. Thryptomene baeckeacea      F.Muell. (W.A.)

    3. Thryptomene biseriata J.W.Green (W.A., S.A.)

    4. Thryptomene caduca Rye & Trudgen (W.A.)

    5. Thryptomene calcicola Rye (W.A.)

    6. Thryptomene calycina (Lindl.) Stapf - Grampians thryptomene (Vic.)

    7. Thryptomene costata Rye & Trudgen (W.A.)

    8. Thryptomene cuspidata (Turcz.) J.W.Green (W.A.)

    9. Thryptomene dampieri Rye (W.A.)

    10. Thryptomene decussata (W.Fitzg.) J.W.Green (W.A.)

    11. Thryptomene denticulata (F.Muell.) Benth. (W.A.)

    12. Thryptomene duplicata Rye & Trudgen (W.A.)

    13. Thryptomene elliottii F.Muell. (W.A., S.A.)

    14. Thryptomene eremaea Rye & Trudgen (W.A.)

    15. Thryptomene ericaea F.Muell. (S.A.)

    16. Thryptomene globifera Rye (W.A.)

    17. Thryptomene hexandra C.T.White (N.T., Qld., N.S.W.)

    18. Thryptomene hubbardii Rye & Trudgen (W.A.)

    19. Thryptomene hyporhytis Turcz. (W.A.)

    20. Thryptomene johnsonii F.Muell. (W.A.)

    21. Thryptomene kochii E.Pritz. (W.A.)

    22. Thryptomene longifolia J.W.Green (S.A.)

    23. Thryptomene micrantha Hook.f. (S.A., Vic., Tas.)

    24. Thryptomene mucronulata Turcz. (W.A.)

    25. Thryptomene naviculata J.W.Green (W.A.)

    26. Thryptomene nealensis J.W.Green (W.A.)

    27. Thryptomene nitida Rye & Trudgen (W.A.)

    28. Thryptomene oligandra F.Muell. (Qld.)

    29. Thryptomene orbiculata Rye & Trudgen (W.A.)

    30. Thryptomene parviflora (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Domin (Qld.)

    31. Thryptomene pinifolia Rye & Trudgen (W.A.)

    32. Thryptomene podantha Rye & Trudgen (W.A.)

    33. Thryptomene racemulosa Turcz. (W.A.)

    34. Thryptomene remota A.R.Bean (W.A.)

    35. Thryptomene repens Rye & Trudgen (W.A.)

    36. Thryptomene salina Rye & Trudgen (W.A.)

    37. Thryptomene saxicola (A.Cunn. ex Hook.) Schauer – rock thryptomene (W.A.)

    38. Thryptomene shirleyae Rye (W.A.)

    39. Thryptomene spicata Rye & Trudgen (W.A.)

    40. Thryptomene stapfii Rye & Trudgen (W.A.)

    41. Thryptomene stenophylla E.Pritz. (W.A.)

    42. Thryptomene striata Rye & Trudgen (W.A.)

    43. Thryptomene strongylophylla F.Muell. ex Benth. (W.A.)

    44. Thryptomene urceolaris F.Muell. (W.A., S.A.)

    45. Thryptomene velutina Rye & Trudgen (W.A.)

    46. Thryptomene wannooensis Rye (W.A.)

    47. Thryptomene wittweri J.W.Green (W.A.)

Sources of information:

• (2023)