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Homoranthus elusus
Species of flowering plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Homoranthus elusus is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales. It is a shrub with linear leaves and with groups of up to four flowers in leaf axils. It is only known from a single specimen collected near Tenterfield.[2][3]
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Description
An erect shrub with 2-4 flowers held erect in leaf axils at branchlet apex. Flowers in July and August.[4]
Taxonomy and naming
Homoranthus elusus was first formally described in 2011 by Lachlan Copeland, Lyndley Craven and Jeremy Bruhl from a specimen collected on Bluff Rock near Tenterfield in 2002 and the description was published in Australian Systematic Botany.[5] The specific epithet (elusus) is a Latin word meaning "avoid", "evade", "frustrate" or "baffle",[6] referring to the unsuccessful attempts by the authors to locate the species.[2]
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Distribution and habitat
Known from a single collection from Bluff Rock south of Tenterfield New South Wales. May grow in scrub and heath patches.[4]
Conservation status
Known from a single specimen collected in 1992. Briggs and Leigh (1996) conservation code 1E. IUCN (2010) should be considered 'Critically Endangered'.[4]
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