Kunzea cambagei
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| Kunzea cambagei | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Kunzea |
| Species: | K. cambagei |
| Binomial name | |
| Kunzea cambagei | |
Kunzea cambagei, commonly known as the Cambage kunzea is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area of New South Wales. It is a small shrub with egg-shaped leaves and clusters of cream-coloured to yellowish flowers near the end of the branches. It is only known from areas near Mount Werong in the Kanangra-Boyd National Park and Berrima.
Kunzea cambagei is a shrub which grows to a height of about 0.6 m (2 ft) with its branches silky-hairy when young. The leaves are arranged alternately along the branches, elliptic to egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 3–8 mm (0.1–0.3 in) long and 1.5–3 mm (0.06–0.1 in) wide with a petiole about 0.5 mm (0.02 in) long. The flowers are cream-coloured to yellowish and arranged in rounded groups of five to thirteen near the ends of the branches. The floral cup is silky-hairy and about 3 mm (0.1 in) long. The sepal lobes are triangular, about 1 mm (0.04 in) long and the petals are white, 1.0–1.5 mm (0.04–0.06 in) long. There are about 20-25 stamens which are 2–3 mm (0.08–0.1 in) long. Flowering occurs in October and November and the fruit are cup-shaped capsules which are 3 mm (0.1 in) long and about 1.5 mm (0.06 in) wide.[2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
Kunzea cambagei was first formally described in 1913 by Joseph Maiden and Ernst Betche from a specimen collected by Richard Hind Cambage. The description was published in Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.[1][4] The specific epithet (cambagei) honours the collector of the type specimen.[4]
Distribution and habitat
The Cambage kunzea grows in moist heath mainly on the Central Tablelands of New South Wales.[2][3]
