Calothamnus planifolius
Species of flowering plant
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Calothamnus planifolius is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with many branches, growing to a height of about 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) with flat leaves and red flowers from September to November.[2][3] The flowers have 4 petals and 4 narrow bundles of stamens. (In 2014 Craven, Edwards and Cowley proposed that the species be renamed Melaleuca planifolia.)[4]
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Calothamnus |
| Species: | C. planifolius |
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The species was first formally described by Johann Lehmmann in 1842 in Delectus Seminum quae in Horto Hamburgensium botanico e collectione.[5]
Calothamnus planifolius occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt and Jarrah Forest biogeographic regions[2] where it grows in gravelly clay over laterite.[6] It is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.[2]
