Thryptomene

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Thryptomene is a genus of small shrubs in the family Myrtaceae which are native to Australia.

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Thryptomene (Greek word said to refer to the low heath-like appearance of the plant). Myrtaceae. Glabrous heath-like shrubs, which were at one time popular greenhouse plants, now apparently not so commonly in cult. Lvs. opposite, small, entire: fls. small, sessile or pedicelled, solitary at the axils or rarely fasciculate; bracteoles 2; calyx-tube hemispherical, turbinate or short-campanulate limb with 5 petaloid or scarious, entire, spreading segms.; petals 5, persistent, usually connivent above the genital organs; stamens 10; ovary inferior, 1-celled: fr. sometimes 1-seeded, indehiscent, sometimes 2-seeded and spuriously 2-berried. —About 25 species, Austral. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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Species

Species include:

• Thryptomene appressa C.R.P.Andrews
• Thryptomene aspera E.Pritz.
• Thryptomene australis Endl. - Hook-leaf Thryptomene
• Thryptomene baeckeacea F.Muell.
• Thryptomene biseriata J.W.Green
• Thryptomene calycina (Lindl.)
• Thryptomene costata Rye & Trudgren
• Thryptomene cuspidata (Turcz.)
• Thryptomene decussata (W.Fitzg.) J.W.Green
• Thryptomene denticulata (F.Muell.) Benth.
• Thryptomene duplicata Rye & Trudgren
• Thryptomene elliottii F.Muell.
• Thryptomene eremaea Rye & Trudgren
• Thryptomene ericaea F.Muell.
• Thryptomene hexandra C.T.White
• Thryptomene hyporhytis Turcz.
• Thryptomene johnsonii F.Muell.
• Thryptomene kochii E.Pritz.
• Thryptomene leptocalyx (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
• Thryptomene longifolia J.W.Green
• Thryptomene maisonneuvei F.Muell.
• Thryptomene micrantha Hook.f.
• Thryptomene minutiflora (Benth.) F.Muell.
• Thryptomene mucronulata Turcz.
• Thryptomene naviculata J.W.Green
• Thryptomene nealensis J.W.Green
• Thryptomene oligandra F.Muell.
• Thryptomene parviflora (Benth.) Domin
• Thryptomene racemulosa Turcz.
• Thryptomene saxicola (Hook.) Schauer - Rock Thryptomene
• Thryptomene stenophylla E.Pritz.
• Thryptomene striata Rye & Trudgren
• Thryptomene strongylophylla Benth.
• Thryptomene urceolaris F.Muell.
• Thryptomene wittweri J.W.Green

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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