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Calytrix watsonii

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Calytrix watsonii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Calytrix
Species:
C. watsonii
Binomial name
Calytrix watsonii

Calytrix watsonii is a species of plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae that is endemic to Western Australia.[3]

Found in a scattered area from the eastern Mid West region near Wiluna south into the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia around Menzies where it grows in sandy and gravelly soils.

Taxonomy

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The plant was initially described by Ferdinand von Mueller and Ralph Tate in 1896 as Calycothrix watsonii,[4] and was transferred in 1931 to the genus, Calytrix, by Charles Austin Gardner.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Calytrix watsonii". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. ^ a b Gardner, C.A. (1931) Part III. Geraniaceae–Compositae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 96
  3. ^ "Calytrix watsonii". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  4. ^ Mueller, F.J.H. von & Tate, R. (1896). "Botany. Phanerogams and Vascular Cryptogams". Transactions, Proceedings and Report, Royal Society of South Australia. 16 (3): 355.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)