Micromyrtus redita
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| Micromyrtus redita | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Micromyrtus |
| Species: | M. redita |
| Binomial name | |
| Micromyrtus redita | |
Micromyrtus redita is species of the flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a densely branched shrub with narrowly oblong to elliptic leaves, reddish sepals and white or pink petals.
Micromyrtus redits is a densely-branched shrub. Its leaves are narrowly oblong to elliptic, 1.2–2.4 mm (0.047–0.094 in) long, about 0.6 mm (0.024 in) wide on a petiole about 0.2 mm (0.0079 in) long with 2 to 6 prominent glands on the lower surface. The flowers are arranged in upper leaf axils on a peduncle 0.6–1.1 mm (0.024–0.043 in) long and are about 3 mm (0.12 in) in diameter. The 5 sepals are 0.4–0.5 mm (0.016–0.020 in) long and 0.8–0.6 mm (0.031–0.024 in) wide and reddish. The petals are widely spreading when in flower, white or tinged with pink, 1.3–1.5 mm (0.051–0.059 in) long and the anthers are about 0.30 mm (0.012 in) long and the style is about 0.5 mm (0.020 in) long.[2][3]
Taxonomy
Micromyrtus redita was first formally described in 2006 by Barbara Lynette Rye in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected near Wongan Hills.[2][4] The specific epithet (redita) means "returned", referring to the fact that the type specimens were once lost.[2]