Lomatia myricoides
| Lomatia myricoides | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Lomatia |
| Species: | L. myricoides |
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Lomatia myricoides (C.F.Gaertn.) Domin |
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Embothrium longifolium (R.Br.) Poir |
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Embothrium longifolium (R.Br.) Poir
Embothrium myricoides C.F.Gaertn.
Lomatia arguta Gand.
Lomatia densa Gand.
Lomatia fallacina Gand.
Lomatia longifolia R.Br.
Lomatia praelonga Gand.
Lomatia stenophylla Gand.
Tricondylus myricifolius Knight
Tricondylus myricoides (C.F.Gaertn.) Kuntze
Lomatia myricoides , commonly known as the river lomatia, is a shrub native to New South Wales and Victoria in southeastern Australia.
German botanist Karl Friedrich von Gaertner first described this species as Embothrium myricoides in 1807. At the time, Embothrium was a wastebasket taxon to which many proteaceae were assigned. It was given its current binomial name by Karel Domin in 1921. The species name comes from the resemblance of the leaves to those of the genus Myrica. Common names include river lomatia, mountain beech and long-leaf lomatia.
Hybrids have been recorded with tree lomatia (Lomatia fraseri) on the Southern Tablelands, with native holly (L. ilicifolia) on the New South Wales south coast, and with crinkle bush (L. silaifolia) on the New South Wales Central Coast and Central Tablelands. Analysis of chloroplast DNA showed that there is extensive hybridization between the five species (L. arborescens, L. fraseri, L. ilicifolia, L. myricoides and L. silaifolia) of mainland southeastern Australia, though each is distinct enough to warrant species status.
Lomatia myricoides grows as a woody shrub or small tree, reaching 2–5 m (6.6–16.4 ft) high, or rarely up to 8 m (26 ft) high. The leaves are lanceolate or oblong in shape, with a pointed apex. The leaf edges may be straight or adorned with several serrations. The inflorescences grow in racemes and are axillary. They are white or cream in colour, though pink-tinged flowers have been recorded.
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