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Myrtaceae Darwinia polychroma | Taxonomy | Flora of the World

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Taxon

Darwinia polychroma Keighery

Protologue Nuytsia 19(1): 50 (-52; fig. 8, map). 2009 [2 Jun 2009]BHL IPNI

AcceptedGBIF

Predicted not threatened

Darwinia polychroma Keighery belongs to the Myrtaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

Darwinia polychroma, Davidson, C 13416--Australia. W.A. Past Coorow Rd. 23 Oct 2016. DSC04729 (39).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Davidson, C 13416

October 23, 2016

Location

Australia, Western Australia

-32.031056, 115.970861

Location Remarks

Brixton Street Wetlands (Nature Reserve), in Kenwick, an eastern suburb of Perth. 8 m elev.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Kevin Thiele, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Flowers pendant, held just above ground level. Mammal pollinated.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Myrtales

Family

Myrtaceae

Genus

Darwinia

Specific Epithet

polychroma

Authorship

Keighery

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 4.6

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.7

Global rank

#71,033 of 335,497

Top 22%

Extinction probability

14%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →