Taxandria callistachys

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Taxandria callistachys
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Taxandria
Species:
T. callistachys
Binomial name
Taxandria callistachys

Taxandria callistachys is a shrub species that is endemic to an area in southern Western Australia.[1]

The erect shrub grows to a maximum height of approximately 2.5 metres (8 ft). It blooms from March to September producing white flowers.[1]

It was first formally described by the botanists, John Wheeler and Neville Marchant in 2007, as part of the work A revision of the Western Australian genus Agonis (Myrtaceae) and two new segregate genera Taxandria and Paragonis in the journal Nuytsia.[2]

Often found along ridges, in swamps and winter wet areas and along road verges in the along the south coast of the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia where it grows in clay, sand or loam soils around laterite or granite.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Taxandria callistachys". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  2. ^ "Taxandria callistachys J.R.Wheeler & N.G.Marchant". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 29 December 2016.