Leptospermum sejunctum

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Leptospermum sejunctum
Near Bomaderry
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Leptospermum
Species:
L. sejunctum
Binomial name
Leptospermum sejunctum
Joy Thomps.[1]
Fruit and foliage

Leptospermum sejunctum is a shrub that is

Nowra
district in New South Wales. It has thin, grey bark, lance-shaped to elliptical leaves, white flowers and fruit that remain on the plant at maturity.

Description

Leptospermum sejunctum is a shrub that typically grows to a height 1–1.5 m (3 ft 3 in – 4 ft 11 in). It has thin, grey bark, the younger stems more or less

capsule about 8 mm (0.31 in) in diameter, the sepals having fallen off, and that remains on the plant when mature.[2][3]

Taxonomy and naming

Leptospermum sejunctum was first formally described in 1989 by

Joy Thompson in the journal Telopea, based on plant material collected near Nowra in 1981.[3][4] The species is named for its location, separate from the somewhat similar L. variabile and L. oreophilum.[3]

Distribution and habitat

This tea-tree grows in sandy soil in forest near Nowra.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Leptospermum sejunctum". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Leptospermum sejunctum". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d Thompson, Joy (1989). "A revision of the genus Leptospermum (Myrtaceae)". Telopea. 3 (3): 407–408.
  4. ^ "Leptospermum sejunctum". APNI. Retrieved 30 May 2020.