| Acrotriche ramiflora | |
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| In Fitzgerald River National Park | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Acrotriche |
| Species: | A. ramiflora |
| Binomial name | |
| Acrotriche ramiflora R.Br. | |
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| Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium | |
Acrotriche ramiflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is an erect or spreading shrub with linear to lance-shaped leaves and small pinkish, tube-shaped flowers and red, flattened spherical drupes.
Description
Acrotriche ramiflora is an erect or spreading, divaricately branched shrub that typically grows to up 0.5–1 m (1 ft 8 in – 3 ft 3 in) high and is more or less glabrous. Its leaves are linear to lance-shaped and sharply pointed, 6–8 mm (0.24–0.31 in) long, 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) wide. The flowers are arranged in spikes of 6 to 10, 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in) long, scattered along old wood with bracteoles about 1.5 mm (0.059 in) long. The flowers are small, pinkish and fused at the base to form a cylindrical tube 2.5 mm (0.098 in) long, with lobes 1.5 mm (0.059 in) long. Flowering occurs from July to October and the fruit is a red, flattened spherical drupe about 4 mm (0.16 in) in diameter.
Taxonomy and naming
Acrotriche ramiflora was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae. The specific epithet (ramiflora) means 'branch-flowered', referring flowers appearing on old wood.
Distribution and habitat
This species of Acrotriche grows on coastal dunes, sandplains, granite boulders and breakaways in the Esperance Plains and Jarrah Forest bioregions of southern Western Australia.
References
- "Acrotriche ramiflora". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ "Acrotriche ramiflora". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- Paterson, Betsy R. (1960). "Revision of the genus Acrotriche R.Br. (Epacridaceae)". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 85 (1): 89–90. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- Bentham, George (1868). Flora Australiensis. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 228. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- "Acrotriche ramiflora". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- Brown, Robert (1810). Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae. London: Typis R Taylor, veneunt apud J. Johnson. p. 547. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- George, Alex; Sharr, Francis (2021). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (4th ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 291. ISBN 9780958034180.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Acrotriche ramiflora | |