Callistemon brachyandrus

Callistemon brachyandrus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Callistemon
Species:	C. brachyandrus
Binomial name
Callistemon brachyandrus Lindl.[1]
Synonyms
Melaleuca brachyandra (F.Muell.) L.F. Craven

Callistemon brachyandrus (Prickly Bottlebrush or Scarlet Bottlebrush) is a shrub species in the family Myrtaceae.^[2] It is native to the states of South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria in Australia.^[2] It grows to between 2 and 3 metres in height and has a rigid habit. The terete leaves are 20 to 30 mm long and 0.5 to 1 mm wide with sharply pointed tips.^[1] Crimson flower spikes with yellow anthers are produced between November and March in the species native range.^[3] The species was first formally described by English botanist John Lindley in 1849 in The Journal of the Horticultural Society of London.^[4] In his 2006 paper New Combinations in Melaleuca for Australian Species of Callistemon (Myrtaceae), Lyndley Craven, a research botanist from the Australian National Herbarium proposed that this species should be renamed as Melaleuca brachyandra.^[4]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Callistemon brachyandrus". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Callistemon~brachyandrus. Retrieved 2009-11-08. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Callistemon brachyandrus". Electronic Flora of South Australia Fact Sheet. State Herbarium of South Australia. http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/texhtml.cgi?form=speciesfacts&family=Myrtaceae&genus=Callistemon&species=brachyandrus. Retrieved 2009-11-08. 
3. ^ Cochrane, G.R., Fuhrer, B.A., Rotherdam, E.M., Simmons, J.& M. and Willis, J.H. (1968). Flowers and Plants of Victoria. A.H. & A.W. Reed. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "Callistemon brachyandrus". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Callistemon+brachyandrus. Retrieved 2009-11-08.