Melaleuca delta
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| Melaleuca delta in Fowlers Gully Nature Reserve near Wongan Hills. | |
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Melaleuca delta is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub resembling Melaleuca marginata with its heads of white flowers in late spring but is distinguished from that species by the length of its style. Its species name is derived from the name for a computer software application.
Description
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Taxonomy and naming
Melaleuca delta was first formally described in 1999 by Lyndley Craven from a specimen collected in the Wongan Hills.[3][4] The specific epithet (delta) refers to a computer software package called DEscription Language for TAxonomy used by biologists.[1]
Distribution and habitat
Melaleuca delta occurs in three disjunct areas in the Kalbarri, Wongan Hills and Jurien Bay districts[1][2] in the Avon Wheatbelt and Geraldton Sandplains biogeographic regions.[5] where it grows in gravelly loam in swampy areas, including those that are affected by salt.[1][5]
Conservation
Melaleuca delta is listed as "not threatened" by the Western Australian government Department of Parks and Wildlife.[5]
References
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