Difference between revisions of "Chamelaucium"

Desfontaines

Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 5: 39, plate 3, fig. B, plate 4. 1819.

Common names: Waxflower
Etymology: Derivation uncertain possibly Greek chamai, dwarf, and lauchis, poplar, alluding to flower or kamelaukion, headdress of medieval Popes, alluding to form of calyptra
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 TaxonIllustrator 
FNA10 P32 Chamelaucium uncinatum.jpgChamelaucium uncinatum
Eucalyptus camaldulensis
Eucalyptus globulus

Shrubs, glabrous. Leaves decussate; blade venation inconspicuous. Inflorescences 1-flowered, axillary, flowers solitary in corymbose clusters. Flowers 5-merous, sessile or pedicellate; hypanthium obconic to cylindric-obconic, prolonged and bowl-like beyond ovary summit; perianth parts distinct; petals white, pink, or purple, [yellow]; stamens ca. 10, about as long as perianth, equal number of staminodes sometimes present; ovary 1-locular; style equal to or longer than stamens, with a ring of hairs just below stigma; ovules 4–8. Fruits nutlike. Seed 1, winged or not. x = 11.

Distribution

Introduced; California, Australia

Discussion

Species ca. 13 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

... more about "Chamelaucium"
dorsifixed +  and basifixed +
Leslie R. Landrum +
Desfontaines +
inconspicuous +
submembranous +, papery +  and leathery +
fused +  and distinct +
Waxflower +
California +  and Australia +
Derivation uncertain +, possibly Greek chamai, dwarf, and lauchis, poplar, alluding to flower +  and or kamelaukion, headdress of medieval Popes, alluding to form of calyptra +
pedicellate +, sessile +  and 5-merous +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
aromatic +
dibrachiate +, simple +  and unicellular +
bowl-like +, obconic +  and cylindric-obconic +
petiolate +  and simple +
persistent +
basal +, subapical +  and inferior +
purple +, pink +  and white +
coherent +, fused +  and distinct +
Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. +
bony +, hard +, leathery +  and membranous +
not +  and winged +
Chamelaucium +
Myrtaceae +