Darwinia

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names
Myrtaceae >	Darwinia >

Read about Darwinia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Darwinia (Dr. Erasmus Darwin, an English nature-student). Myrtaceae. About 40 Australian evergreen shrubs, a very few of which are sometimes grown for the colored flower-like campanulate involucres that hold their condition 3-5 months; not in the American trade. Lvs. few and usually heath-like: fls. small, inclosed in petal-like bracts at the summit of the branches; calyx-lobes 5; petals 5; stamens 10, alternating with staminodia; ovary 1-celled, the fr. 1-seeded. The darwinias prop. from well-ripened tips of side shoots taken in early autumn or in spring. They require greenhouse or intermediate temperatures. D. Hookeriana, Benth. (Genetyllis fuchsioides, Hort.). Lvs. linear-oblong, ½ in. long, scattered: sts. red: inner bracts of hanging involucre 1 in. long, bright red, the outer ones shorter and greenish and passing into the st.-lvs.: fls. small, greenish white, usually about 6 in each involucre. B.M. 4860 (as Genetyllis macrostegia). D. macrostegia, Benth. Lvs. elliptic-oblong, ¾ in. or less long, scattered: inner bracts 1½ in. long, creamy white with red splashes and stripes, the outer ones shorter and more colored, the lowest ones passing into the foliage. B.M. 4858 (as Genetyllis tulipifera). ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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Species

Species^wp:

Darwinia acerosa - Fine-leaved Darwinia (endangered)
Darwinia apiculata - Scarp Darwinia (endangered)
Darwinia biflora (vulnerable)
Darwinia briggsiae
Darwinia camptostylis
Darwinia carnea - Mogumber Bell (endangered)
Darwinia chapmaniana Keighery (syn.Darwinia sp. Coorow) - Chapman's Bell or Eganu Bell^[1] (endangered)
Darwinia citriodora - Lemon-scented Darwinia
Darwinia collina - Yellow Mountain Bell (endangered)
Darwinia diosmoides
Darwinia diminuta
Darwinia fascicularis
Darwinia ferricola Keighery (syn. Darwinia sp. Scott River) - Scott River Darwinia^[1] (endangered)
Darwinia foetida Keighery (syn.Darwinia sp. Muchea) - Muchea Bell^[1]
Darwinia glaucophylla (vulnerable)
Darwinia grandiflora
Darwinia homoranthoides
Darwinia hypericifolia
Darwinia leiostyla
Darwinia leptantha
Darwinia macrostegia (vulnerable) - Mondurup Bell
Darwinia masonii - Mason's Darwinia (vulnerable)
Darwinia meeboldii - Cranbrook Bell (vulnerable)
Darwinia neildiana - Fringed Bell
Darwinia nubigena Keighery (syn.Darwinia sp. Stirling Range, Darwinia sp. Mt Success) - Success Bell^[1] (vulnerable)
Darwinia oxylepis - Gillam's Bell(endangered)
Darwinia peduncularis (vulnerable)
Darwinia polychroma Keighery (syn.Darwinia sp. Carnamah) - Harlequin Bell^[1] (endangered)
Darwinia procera
Darwinia purpurea - Rose Darwinia
Darwinia squarrosa - Pink Mountain Bell (vulnerable)
Darwinia taxifolia
Darwinia thymoides
Darwinia vestita - Pom-pom Darwinia
Darwinia virescens - Murchison Darwinia
Darwinia whicherensis Keighery (syn. Darwinia sp. Williamson) - Abba Bell^[1] (endangered)
Darwinia wittweror (endangered)

Gallery

Darwinia hypericifolia
Darwinia neildiana Eneabba.jpg

Darwinia neildiana
Darwinia taxifolia subsp. macrolaena
photo

References

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Keighery, G.J. (2009). "Six new and rare species of Darwinia (Myrtaceae) from Western Australia". Nuytsia 19 (1): 37-52. ISSN 00854417. http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/images/stories/nature/science/nuytsia/19/1/037-052.pdf. Retrieved 2009-07-24.

[Keighery-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Keighery, G.J. (2009). "Six new and rare species of Darwinia (Myrtaceae) from Western Australia". Nuytsia 19 (1): 37-52. ISSN 00854417. http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/images/stories/nature/science/nuytsia/19/1/037-052.pdf. Retrieved 2009-07-24.

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