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Homoranthus vagans is a flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area in southern Queensland. It is a shrub with pointed linear leaves and groups of up to ten yellow flowers in leaf axils near the end of branchlets. It is only known from a single population north of Inglewood.[2]

Homoranthus vagans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Homoranthus
Species:	H. vagans
Binomial name
Homoranthus vagans L.M.Copel.[1]

Description

Homoranthus vagans is a shrub 0.05–0.2 m (2–8 in) high and 0.5–2 m (2–7 ft) wide. The aromatic leaves are a dull grey-green, blade shaped and arranged opposite along the stem. The branchlets have 3-10 flowers held erect in leaf axils. Flowers have been recorded from August to October.[3]

Taxonomy and naming

Homoranthus vagans was first formally described in 2011 by Lachlan Copeland, Lyndley Craven and Jeremy Bruhl from a specimen collected by Copeland in 2001 and the description was published in Australian Systematic Botany.[4] The specific epithet (vagans) is derived from the Latin word vagus meaning "wandering" or "unsettled",[5] referring to habit of young branchlets of "wandering" over the ground, sometimes attaching to the ground with adventitious roots.[2]

Distribution and habitat

This species is currently known from two populations north west of Inglewood. Plants grow in deep sandy soil derived from sandstone.[3]

Conservation status

Homoranthus vagans is currently known from two small populations on leasehold land. ROTAP conservation code 2V using Briggs and Leigh (1996) and IUCN (2010) considered vulnerable.[3]

References

External links

• The Australasian Virtual Herbarium – Occurrence data for Homoranthus vagans

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