Thryptomene cuspidata

Thryptomene cuspidata is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a dense erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.6–2.2 m (2 ft 0 in – 7 ft 3 in) and blooms between July and November producing white or pink flowers.[2]

Thryptomene cuspidata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Thryptomene
Species:
T. cuspidata
Binomial name
Thryptomene cuspidata
Synonyms[1]
  • Paryphantha cuspidata Turcz.
  • Thryptomene tenella Benth. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

The species was first formally described in 1852 by Nikolai Turczaninow and given the name Paryphantha cuspidata in the Bulletin de la classe physico-mathematique de l'Academie Imperiale des sciences de Saint-Petersburg.[3][4] In 1985, John Green changed the name to Thryptomene cuspidata.[5]

Thryptomene cuspidata is found on plains and among granite outcrops in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Geraldton Sandplains and Mallee biogeographic regions in the south-west of Western Australia where it grows in sandy to gravelly soils.[2]

References
  1. "Thryptomene cuspidata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  2. "Thryptomene cuspidata". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. Turczaninow, Nikolai (1852). "Myrtaceae Xerocarpicae in Nova Hollandia a cl. Drummond lectae et plerumque in collectione ejus quinta distributae, determinatae et descriptae". Bulletin de la classe physico-mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des sciences de Saint-Pétersburg. 10: 321. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  4. "Paryphantha cuspidata". APNI. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  5. "Thryptomene cuspidata". APNI. Retrieved 12 May 2021.


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