Species profile—Homoranthus decumbens
Classification
Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Myrtaceae → Homoranthus decumbens
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Plantae (plants)
- Class
- Equisetopsida (land plants)
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Scientific name
- Homoranthus decumbens (Byrnes) Craven & S.R.Jones
- WildNet taxon ID
- 13447
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Vulnerable
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Endangered
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Confidential
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Description
- Homoranthus decumbens is a low shrub growing to 60cm high and spreading up to 2m across the ground. The leaves are cylindrical, measuring 6-12mm long by about 0.4mm in diameter and are arranged opposite each other in pairs along the branches. The leaves vary in colour from a pale bluish tint to reddish-brown, and smell strongly of menthol when crushed.
The tiny yellow-green flowers are borne singly along the branches from near the base of the leaves. Each flower consists of a ribbed cylindrical tube 4-5mm long, with five petals, five sepals (petal-like structures surrounding the petals), and a style (filamentous, reproductive structure) protruding from within the flower. The sepals and petals are up to 1.5mm long. The style is 5-6mm long. (Craven & Jones 1991; Wang 1995; DEWHA 2008) - Map
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- Distribution
- Homoranthus decumbens is endemic to Queensland. It is found on the Blackdown Tablelands in central Queensland, and near Barakula in south-east Queensland. (Wang 1995; Herbrecs 2008)
- Distributional limits
- -26.1509211, 150.341379
-26.1533334, 150.3433334 - Range derivation
- Range derived from extent of the taxon's verified records
- Habitat
- Homoranthus decumbens occurs in tall shrubland or heath up to 800m above sea level. It occurs on the edge of sandstone cliffs or in shallow sandy soils containing lateritic (iron-rich) pebbles. (Wang 1995)
- Reproduction
- Homoranthus decumbens flowers from September to December. There is no information available on its fruiting period. (Wang 1995)
- Notes
- Contributors: Tony Bean, Mellisa Mayhew 12/02/2009
- References
- Craven, L.A. & Jones, S.R. (1991). A taxonomic review of Homoranthus and two new species of Darwinia (both Myrtaceae, Chamelaucieae). Australian Systematic Botany 4(3): 520.
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (2008). Homoranthus decumbens in Species Profile and Threats Database, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Canberra. Accessed 01/10/2008. http://www.environment.gov.au/sprat
Herbrecs (2008). Homoranthus decumbens, in BriMapper version 2.12. Queensland Herbarium. Accessed 01/10/2008.
Wang, J. (1995). Homoranthus decumbens, in Species Management Manual. Department of Natural Resources, Brisbane. - Profile author
- Tony Bean (12/02/2009)
Other resources
- Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT)
- The Australasian Virtual Herbarium (AVH)
- Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=13447.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
