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Callistemon pungens subsp. synoriensis (Craven) Udovicic & R.D.Spencer
Family Myrtaceae
Callistemon pungens subsp. synoriensis (Craven) Udovicic & R.D.Spencer APNI*

Synonyms: Melaleuca williamsii subsp. synoriensis Craven APNI*

Description: Shrub to 3.5 m tall; young branchlets with long spreading hairs, glabrescent.

Leaves elliptical or narrowly obovate, 2–5 cm long, 4–9 mm wide; apex shortly acuminate or acute with a short, pungent mucro to 1 mm long; lateral veins 9–12, rather obscure, both surfaces with numerous oil glands.

Inflorescences spike-like, 25–35 mm diam. Filaments 6.5–10 mm long, red or pink-purple; anthers dark.; style 11–15 mm long

Capsules 3.9–5.2 mm diam.


Flowering: November and December

Distribution and occurrence: Occurs near Point Lookout (New England N.P.) and on Gibraltar Range.

Wet heath on granite or trachyte substrates.
NSW subdivisions: NT

Threatened species: Commonwealth EPBC: Vulnerable
AVH map***

Text by Peter G. Wilson, April 2017.
Taxon concept: Craven (2009 - described in Melaleuca)


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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