Leptospermum lanigerum

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Family Myrtaceae

Trees or shrubs , evergreen , usually with essential oils-containing cavities in foliage , branchlets , and flowers. Stipules absent or small and caducous . Leaves opposite, occasionally alternate, occasionally ternate or pseudo-whorled; leaf blade with secondary veins pinnate or basal, often with intramarginal veins near margin , margin usually entire. Inflorescences axillary or terminal , cymose but variously arranged, 1- to many-flowered. Flowers bisexual , sometimes polygamous, actinomorphic . Hypanthium usually adnate to ovary and prolonged above it. Calyx lobes (3 or) 4 or 5 or more, distinct or connate into a calyptra. Petals 4 or 5, sometimes absent, distinct or connate into a calyptra, sometimes coherent and pseudocalyptrate. Stamens usually numerous , in 1 to several whorls; filaments distinct or connate into 5 bundles opposite petals; anthers 2-celled, dorsifixed or basifixed , dehiscing longitudinally or rarely terminally; connectives usually terminating in 1 or more apical glands . Ovary inferior, semi-inferior, or very rarely superior, carpels 2 to more, locules 1 to many, pseudoseptum sometimes present, placentation usually axile but occasionally parietal ; ovules 1 to several per locule. Style single; stigma single. Fruit a capsule, berry, drupaceous berry, or drupe, 1- to many-seeded. Seeds without endosperm or endosperm sparse and thin; testa cartilaginous or thinly membranous, sometimes absent; embryo straight or curved .

About 130 genera and 4500-5000 species: Mediterranean region, sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, tropical and temperate Asia, Australia, Pacific islands, tropical and South America; 10 genera (five introduced ) and 121 species (50 endemic, 32 introduced treated here) in China.

Many Myrtaceae are cultivated garden ornamentals , street trees, or plantation trees. Some members of tribe Syzygieae are grown as fruit crops. In addition to the cultivated members of the family treated here, some others grown in China include Acca sellowiana (O. Berg ) Burrett (Feijoa sellowiana (O. Berg) O. Berg), Myrtus communis Linnaeus, and Syncarpia glomulifera (Smith) Niedenzu.[1]

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,110 meters (0 to 10,203 feet).[2]

Biology

Growth

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Light Shade.

Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 8b, 9a. (map)

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 11-Nov-2003

Similar Species

Members of the genus Leptospermum

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 41 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

L. arachnoides (Tea Tree) · L. brachyandrum (Weeping Tea Tree) · L. continentale (Prickly Tea-Tree) · L. flavescens (Common Teatree) · L. grandiflorum (Mountain Tea Tree) · L. javanicum (Tea Tree) · L. laevigata (Coastal Teatree) · L. laevigatum (Australian Teatree) · L. lanigerum (Silky Tea-Tree) · L. liversidgei (Lemon-Scented Tea Tree) · L. minutifolium (Tea Tree) · L. myrsinoides (Heath Tea Tree) · L. myrtifolium (Swamp Tea Tree) · L. namadgiensis (Tea Tree) · L. nitidum (Shining Tea Tree) · L. novae-angliae (New England Tea Tree) · L. petersonii (Lemon-Scented Tea-Tree) · L. polygalifolium (Tantoon Tea Tree) · L. recurvum (Sayat-Sayat) · L. rotundifolium 'Jervis Bay' (Round-Leaf Tea Tree) · L. rotundifolium 'Manning's Choice' (Round-Leaf Tea Tree) · L. rupestre (Alpine Tea Tree) · L. scoparium (Manuka) · L. scoparium J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. 'Keatleyi' (Tea Bush) · L. scoparium 'Burgundy Glow' (Manuka) · L. scoparium 'Burgundy Queen' (Manuka) · L. scoparium 'Gaiety Girl' (Manuka) · L. scoparium 'Helene Strybing' (Manuka) · L. scoparium 'Kea' (Manuka) · L. scoparium 'Nanum Ruru' (Dwarf New Zealand Tea Tree) · L. scoparium 'Nanum Tui' (Manuka) · L. scoparium 'Red Damask' (Tea Tree) · L. scoparium 'Red Falls' (Manuka) · L. scoparium 'Ruby Glow' (Manuka) · L. scoparium 'Wiri Linda' (Manuka) · L. sericeum (Silver Tea Tree) · L. spectabile (Blood Red Tea Tree) · L. squarrosum (Pink Tea-Tree) · L. trinervium (Paperbark Tea-Tree) · L. wooroonooran (Tea Tree) · L. 'Dark Shadows' (Manuka)

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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 11, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 02, 2007:

• Australian National Herbarium
• , Australian National Herbarium
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Botanical Society of the British Isles - Vascular Plants Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5842026
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-111356
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 4490920
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:134715-3
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 749625

Footnotes

1. Jie Chen & Lyn A. Craven "Myrtaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 13 Page 321. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. Mean = 355.800 meters (1,167.323 feet), Standard Deviation = 486.940 based on 15,596 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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