Conothamnus aureus

Conothamnus aureus is a member of the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to

Western Australia. It is a spindly, straggly shrub with rigid, blunt leaves and
Conothamnus aureus
spherical heads of golden yellow flowers resembling those ofwattles.

Contents
Description
Taxonomy and naming
Distribution and habitat
References Conothamnus aureus leaves, flowers
and fruit

Scientific classification
Description
Kingdom: Plantae
Conothamnus aureus is a spindly, straggly shrub with many branchlets, which
grows to 30–50 cm (10–20 in) high and 50–100 cm (20–40 in) wide. The leaves
Clade: Angiosperms
are lance-shaped to egg-shaped, about 10 mm (0.4 in) long, 5 mm (0.2 in) wide Clade: Eudicots
and hairy with a single vein. The flowers are golden yellow and arranged on the
Clade: Rosids
ends of branchlets in spherical heads about 10 mm (0.4 in) in diameter. Its flowers
differ from those in the other two species of Conothamnus in that its flowers lack Order: Myrtales
.[2][3][4]
petals. Flowering occurs between August and November Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Conothamnus
Taxonomy and naming
Species: C. aureus
This species was first formally described in 1852 by Nikolai Turczaninow who
Binomial name
gave it the name Trichobasis aurea and published the description in Bulletin de la
Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint- Conothamnus aureus
Pétersbourg.[5][6] In 1923, Karel Domin changed the name to Conothamnus (Turcz.) Domin [1]
aureus.[1] The specific epithet (aureus) is a Latin word meaning "golden".[7]

Distribution and habitat

Conothamnus aureus is found on sand plains, flats and sand dunes in an area along
the south coast from the Stirling Range east to Israelite Bay, extending from the
Great Southern and into the south western Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western
Australia where it grows in sandy or loamy soils.[3][4]

References C. aureus growing near Scaddan

1. "Conothamnus aureus" (https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/4922

48). APNI. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
2. "Conothamnus, the genus - a brief description"(http://anpsa.org.au/melaleucaSG/melaleuca1.pdf)(PDF). Melaleuca
and Allied Genera Study Group newsletter. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
 3. "Conothamnus aureus" (http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/5500). FloraBase. Western Australian
Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
4. Craven, Lyndley A. (2002). "Note on Conothamnus Lindl. with the description of a new section, sect.
Gongylocephalus Craven (Myrtaceae)" (https://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/documents/Muelleria_16,_p39-42,_Craven,_note
s_on_Conothamnus.pdf)(PDF). Muelleria. 16: 39–42. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
5. "Trichobasis aureus" (https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/515982). APNI. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
6. Turczaninow, Nikolai (1852). "Myrtaceae Xerocarpicae in Nova Hollandia a cl. Drummond lectae et plerumque in
collectione ejus quinta distributae, determinatae et descriptae"(https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/173046#pag
e/419/mode/1up). Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-
Pétersbourg. 10: 337. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
7. Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956).The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
p. 112.

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