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Calytrix platycheiridia

Calytrix platycheiridia is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a restricted area in the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with egg-shaped leaves and cream-coloured flowers with about 35 to 50 yellow stamens in several rows.

Description
Calytrix platycheiridia is a glabrous shrub that typically grows to a height of up to . Its leaves are overlapping to closely spaced, egg-shaped, long and wide and sessile or on a petiole up to long. The flowers are borne on a flattened peduncle long with lobes long. The floral tube is long, wide with eight to ten ribs. The sepals are oblong, long and wide. The petals are cream-coloured with a yellow base, egg-shaped to elliptic, long and wide, and there are about 35 to 50 yellow stamens in two or three rows. Flowering occurs in October. ==Taxonomy==
Taxonomy
Calytrix platycheiridia was first formally described in 1987 by Lyndley Craven in the journal Brunonia from specimens collected west of Coorow in 1981. The specific epithet (platycheiridia) means 'wide- or broad-glove', referring to the bracteoles. ==Distribution and habitat==
Distribution and habitat
This species of Calytrix grows sandy soils on low ridges in the Coorow-Watheroo district. ==Conservation status==
Conservation status
Calytrix platycheiridia is listed as "Priority Two" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, ==References==
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