Kunzea baxteri

Kunzea baxteri

Kunzea baxteri is a flowering plant in the myrtle family ( Myrtaceae ). Their natural habitat is in the south of the Australian state of Western Australia.

Features

Kunzea baxteri grows as a shrub, reaching stature heights of 1 to 4 meters.

It is, with Kunzea pulchella, one of the two Kunzea species forming the red flowers. The hermaphrodite flowers are radial symmetry and fünfzählig. The five sepals are fused at their base. The Kelchsaum consists of five pointed lobes. The five petals fall off after flowering. In each flower are 26 to 30 stamens with red stamens present. The anthers are zweifächrig, short and close. The style is filiform, also colored red and reaches the same length as the stamens. The ovary is under constant fünffächrig and contains many ovules.

Occurrence and use

The distribution area of Kunzea baxteri includes the southern coast of Western Australia between Esperance and Albany, as well as the area south of Perth on the West Coast. After the preliminary classification of Australia in biogeographic regions (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia ) the occurrence of Kunzea baxteri falls on the Esperance Plains regions, Jarrah Forest, Mallee and Swan Coastal Plain. Kunzea baxteri grows in from the ocean -influenced climate on sandy soils, granite outcrops and granite hills.

Thanks to its bright red flowers and light Vermehrbarkeit Kunzea baxteri is cultivated in the Mediterranean climate in gardens in other climates in greenhouses.

Taxonomy

The first description of this kind was made in 1836 by Johann Friedrich Klotzsch under the name ( basionym ) Pentagon Aster baxteri in the Public Garden newspaper. It was in 1844 as Kunzea baxteri of Johannes Conrad Schauer in JGC Lehmann: Plantae asked Preissianae, 1, p 123 in the genus Kunzea. The specific epithet honors the baxteri English naturalist and plant collector William Baxter.