Common Name: MYRTLE FAMILY Habit: [Subshrub] shrub, tree, trunk bark smooth or scaly; glands 0 or embedded in epidermis. Leaf: opposite or alternate, persistent, generally glandular when young. Inflorescence: generally axillary, raceme, panicle, cyme, or flowers 1. Flower: generally bisexual, parts in 4s, 5s, generally +- white; hypanthium exceeding ovary or not; stamens generally many; ovary [rarely superior to] inferior, 2--5(18)-chambered; placentas axillary, just below top, or basal, ovules few to many, generally in 2--many series. Fruit: berry, capsule, nut. Seed: 1--many; coat membranous to +- leathery or hard, bony; embryo starchy or oily (of great taxonomic importance). Genera In Family: 100 genera, +- 3500 species: many species tropical America, Australasia, fewer Africa, southern Asia; economically important for timber (Eucalyptus), spices (Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr. & L.M. Perry, cloves; Pimenta dioica (L.) Merr., allspice), edible fruits (Psidium guajava L., guava; Acca sellowiana (O. Berg) Burret, pineapple guava), many orns (Eucalyptus, Melaleuca, several other genera). Note: Apparently of Gondwanan origins; tropics, subtropics, Mediterranean climates. Chamelaucium uncinatum Schauer, Luma apiculata (DC.) Burret, Melaleuca citrina (Curtis) Dum.Cours., Myrtus communis L., Syzygium australe (Link) B. Hyland are waifs. eFlora Treatment Author: Leslie R. Landrum, except as noted Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti.
Habit: Shrub. Leaf: opposite, each pair at right angles to pairs above; linear, awl-shaped [lanceolate, oblong, or ovate]. Inflorescence: 1--few-flowered. Flower: parts in 5s; perianth parts free; hypanthium obconic to cylindric-obconic, exceeding ovary; petals white, pink, purple or yellow; stamens +- 10, staminodes 0 or +- 10, stamen, staminode filaments united into a short tubular ring; ovary 1-chambered; style extending to or beyond stamens, with ring of hairs just below stigma; ovules 4--8. Fruit: nut, chambers 1. Seed: 1, winged or not. Etymology: (Greek: dwarf, white) Reference: Lam et al. 2002 Austral Syst Bot 15:535--543
Chamelaucium uncinatum Schauer
WAIF Habit: Plant to 3 m, glabrous. Leaf: 1.6--4 cm, 0.5--1 mm wide, linear or awl-shaped, glandular, midvein impressed adaxially, tip mucronate, often downcurved; veins inconspicuous. Inflorescence: raceme-like, +- flat-topped cluster or flowers 1 in axils of leaves or often deciduous bracts. Flower: < 2 cm wide, peduncles 4--12 mm; calyx lobes 0.5--1 mm, broadly rounded; petals 4--5 mm, +- round, spreading, white, pink, or purple, ephemeral; stamens 10, 1--2 mm, alternate staminodes; style +- 4 mm. Bioregional Distribution: s SCo (San Diego Co.); Distribution Outside California: native to western Australia. Flowering Time: Spring Note: Escaped from cultivation but no specimens to document naturalization, ecology, elevation, or California distribution. Jepson eFlora Author: Leslie R. Landrum Reference: Lam et al. 2002 Austral Syst Bot 15:535--543 Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Previous taxon: Chamelaucium Next taxon: Eucalyptus
Citation for this treatment: Leslie R. Landrum 2012, Chamelaucium uncinatum, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=81817, accessed on April 19, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 19, 2024.
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