Philotheca myoporoides
| Long-leaf wax-flower | |
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| Subspecies myoporoides in the ANBG | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Philotheca |
| Species: | P. myoporoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Philotheca myoporoides | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Eriostemon myoporoides DC. | |
Philotheca myoporoides, commonly known as long-leaf wax flower,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a shrub with sessile, oblong to egg-shaped, glandular-warty leaves and white to pink flowers arranged singly in leaf axils. Prior to 1998 it was known as Eriostemon myoporoides.
Description[edit]
Philotheca myoporoides is a species of shrub that typically grows to a height of 2 m (6 ft 7 in). The leaves are sessile, oblong to broadly egg-shaped, glandular-warty, papery to leathery, 15–110 mm (0.59–4.33 in) long and 4–20 mm (0.16–0.79 in) wide with a prominent midrib. The flowers are arranged singly or in groups of up to eight, in leaf axils on a peduncle up to 20 mm (0.79 in) long, each flower on a pedicel 1–10 mm (0.039–0.394 in) long. The sepals are broadly triangular, about 1 mm (0.039 in) long and 1.5–2 mm (0.059–0.079 in) wide and the petals are white to pink, about 8 mm (0.31 in) long with a prominent keel. Flowering mainly occurs in spring and autumn and the fruit is about 7 mm (0.28 in) long with a beak about 3 mm (0.12 in) long.[2][3][4]
Taxonomy[edit]
This species was first formally described in 1824 by Swiss botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle who gave it the name Eriostemon myoporoides in his book Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis.[5][6] In 1998 Michael James Bayly changed the name to Philotheca myoporoides in the journal Muelleria.[7][8]
In the same journal, Bayly described nine subspecies,[8] four of which are accepted by the Australian Plant Census, and in 2001, Andrew Rozefelds described a fifth subspecies:[9]
- Philotheca myoporoides subsp. acuta (Blakely) Bayly[10] has oblong-elliptic or egg-shaped leaves 13–30 mm (0.51–1.18 in) long and 5–10 mm (0.20–0.39 in) wide;[8]
- Philotheca myoporoides subsp. brevipedunculata Bayly[11] has oblong, elliptic or lance-shaped leaves 40–45 mm (1.6–1.8 in) long and 2–8 mm (0.079–0.315 in) wide;[8]
- Philotheca myoporoides subsp. euroensis Bayly[12] has broad elliptic leaves 15–35 mm (0.59–1.38 in) long and 6–12 mm (0.24–0.47 in) wide;[8]
- Philotheca myoporoides (DC.) Bayly subsp. myoporoides [13] has oblong-elliptic or lance-shaped leaves 20–50 mm (0.79–1.97 in) long and 4–10 mm (0.16–0.39 in) wide;[8]
- Philotheca myoporoides subsp. petraea Rozefelds[14] has leaves 8–16 mm (0.31–0.63 in) long and 4–7 mm (0.16–0.28 in) wide.[9]
Distribution and habitat[edit]
Subspecies acuta grows on rocky sandstone hills from Lockhart to near Cobar.[15][16] Subspecies brevipedunculata is found coastal areas to mountain summits between Sassafras and Moruya in south-eastern New South Wales.[17][18][19] Subspecies euroensis grows among granite boulders on the Strathbogie Ranges near Euroa in north-eastern Victoria.[20][21] Subspecies myoporoides grows in forest and heathland, usually near watercourses, mostly along the Great Dividing Range from the northern border of New South Wales to near Healesville in Victoria.[22][23][24] Subspecies petraea is only known from rocky areas on Mount Stewart, west of Gelantipy in north-eastern Victoria.[9][25]
Ecology[edit]
Caterpillars of the orchard butterfly feed on this species.[26]
Use in horticulture[edit]
The species is well adapted to cultivation, and plants are commercially available at nurseries in Australia.[27] The species prefers a well-drained position in light shade. Established plants tolerate both dry periods and moderate frost. Plants may be propagated from semi-mature cuttings, though some forms are slow to take root.[28]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Philotheca myoporoides". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ a b Weston, Peter H.; Harden, Gwen J. "Philotheca myoporoides". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ Walsh, Neville; Stajsic, Val. "Eriostemon myoporoides". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ "Philotheca myoporoides". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ "Eriostemon myoporoides". APNI. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ de Candolle, Augustin Pyramus (1824). Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (Volume 1). Paris: Sumptibus Sociorum Treuttel et Würtz. p. 720. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ "Philotheca myoporoides". APNI. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f Bayly, Michael J. (1998). "Notes on the Eriostemon myoporoides (Rutaceae) species complex, including new names and a new generic placement in Philotheca". Muelleria. 11: 113–126. doi:10.5962/p.198412. S2CID 198259008. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ a b c Rozefelds, Andrew C.F. (2001). "Notes on the Philotheca myoporoides complex (Rutaceae) in Victoria". Muelleria. 15: 14–17. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^ "Philotheca myoporoides subsp. acuta". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ "Philotheca myoporoides subsp. brevipedunculata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ "Philotheca myoporoides subsp. euroensis". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^ "Philotheca myoporoides subsp. myoporoides". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ "Philotheca myoporoides subsp. petraeus". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ Wilson, Paul G. (2013). Wilson, Annette J.G. (ed.). Flora of Australia (Volume 26). Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study. p. 392. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^ Herscovitch, Clare. "Philotheca myoporoides subsp. acuta (Blakely) Bayly". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^ Wilson, Paul G. (2013). Wilson, Annette J.G. (ed.). Flora of Australia (Volume 26). Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study. p. 392. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^ Walsh, Neville. "Philotheca myoporoides subsp. brevipedunculata". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^ Herscovitch, Clare. "Philotheca myoporoides subsp. brevipedunculata Bayly". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^ Wilson, Paul G. (2013). Wilson, Annette J.G. (ed.). Flora of Australia (Volume 26). Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study. p. 393. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^ Walsh, Neville. "Philotheca myoporoides subsp. euroensis". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^ Wilson, Paul G. (2013). Wilson, Annette J.G. (ed.). Flora of Australia (Volume 26). Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study. pp. 391–392. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^ Bayly, Michael J.; Stajsic, Val. "Philotheca myoporoides subsp. myoporoides". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^ Herscovitch, Clare. " Philotheca myoporoides (DC.) Bayly subsp. myoporoides". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^ Walsh, Neville; Stajsic, Val. "Philotheca myoporoides subsp. petraea". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^ Wild Plants of Victoria (database). Viridans Biological Databases & Department of Sustainability and Environment. 2009.
- ^ Beeton, Irene. "Philotheca myoporoides (synonym Eriostemon myoporoides)". Growing Native Plants. Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- ^ "Philotheca myoporoides". Australian Native Plants Society (Australia). Retrieved 8 April 2023.
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