Calothamnus planifolius

Calothamnus planifolius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Calothamnus
Species:	C. planifolius
Binomial name
	Calothamnus planifolius; Lehm.
Synonyms
	List Calothamnus planifolia f. angustifolia Schauer orth. var.; Calothamnus planifolia f. latifolia Schauer orth. var.; Calothamnus planifolia var. angustifolia Schauer orth. var.; Calothamnus planifolia var. latifolia Schauer orth. var.; Calothamnus planifolius f. angustifolius Schauer nom. illeg.; Calothamnus planifolius f. latifolius Schauer; Calothamnus planifolius var. angustifolius Schauer nom. illeg.; Calothamnus planifolius var. latifolius Schauer; Melaleuca planifolia (Lehm.) Craven & R.D.Edwards; ;

Calothamnus planifolius is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with many branches, growing to a height of about 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) with flat leaves and red flowers from September to November.^[2]^[3] The flowers have 4 petals and 4 narrow bundles of stamens. (In 2014 Craven, Edwards and Cowley proposed that the species be renamed Melaleuca planifolia.)^[4]

The species was first formally described by Johann Lehmmann in 1842 in Delectus Seminum quae in Horto Hamburgensium botanico e collectione.^[5]

Calothamnus planifolius occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt and Jarrah Forest biogeographic regions^[2] where it grows in gravelly clay over laterite.^[6] It is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.^[2]

References

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Calothamnus planifolius". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
^ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "Calothamnus planifolius". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
^ Hawkeswood, Trevor J. (1984). "Nine new species of Calothamnus Labill. (Myrtaceae: Leptospermoideae) from Western Australia". Nuytsia. 5 (1): 124–125. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
^ Craven, Lyn A.; Edwards, Robert D.; Cowley, Kirsten J. (30 June 2014). "New combinations and names in Melaleuca (Myrtaceae)". Taxon. 63 (3): 666. doi:10.12705/633.38.
^ "Calothamnus planifolius". APNI. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
^ Paczkowska, Grazyna; Chapman, Alex R. (2000). The Western Australian flora : a descriptive catalogue. Perth: Wildflower Society of Western Australia. p. 351. ISBN 0646402439.

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[APC-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Calothamnus planifolius". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 28 December 2021.

[FloraBase-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "Calothamnus planifolius". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.

[Hawkeswood-3] Hawkeswood, Trevor J. (1984). "Nine new species of Calothamnus Labill. (Myrtaceae: Leptospermoideae) from Western Australia". Nuytsia. 5 (1): 124–125. Retrieved 30 November 2020.

[Cowley-4] Craven, Lyn A.; Edwards, Robert D.; Cowley, Kirsten J. (30 June 2014). "New combinations and names in Melaleuca (Myrtaceae)". Taxon. 63 (3): 666. doi:10.12705/633.38.

[APNI-5] "Calothamnus planifolius". APNI. Retrieved 1 August 2015.

[flora-6] Paczkowska, Grazyna; Chapman, Alex R. (2000). The Western Australian flora : a descriptive catalogue. Perth: Wildflower Society of Western Australia. p. 351. ISBN 0646402439.

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