Homoranthus biflorus is a flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area in northern New South Wales. It is an erect shrub with cylinder-shaped leaves and small groups of usually yellow flowers.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Homoranthus |
| Species: | H. biflorus |
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| Homoranthus biflorus | |
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Description
Homoranthus biflorus is an erect shrub which grows to a height of 1.2 metres (4 ft). It has glabrous, linear, more or less cylinder-shaped leaves with a pointed tip. The leaf blade is linear in side view, less than 1 millimetre (0.04 in) thick. Flowers appear singly or in pairs and are red, yellow, or greenish-yellow with petals about 2 millimetres (0.08 in) long surrounding the base of a style which is 6–10 millimetres (0.2–0.4 in) long. Flowers and fruits sporadically throughout the year, although primarily between October and January.[2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
Homoranthus biflorus was first formally described in 1991 by Lyndley Craven and S.R.Jones and the description was published in Australian Systematic Botany.[4] The specific epithet (biflorus) means "two flowered".[5]
Distribution and habitat
This homoranthus grows in heath and woodland on volcanic ridges on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales.[2]
Conservation status
Locally common though restricted in distribution, Barbara Briggs and John Leigh (1996) gave this species a conservation code of 2RCat;. However 2RC is more appropriate given that some plants near Pindarri Dam are unreserved.[6]
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