Native Myrtle (species: Myoporum acuminatum) in ALA: LIRS and surrounds using records to Oct. 2021 (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Myoporum acuminatum
Native Myrtle


©Anne Hoggett: Leaves, stem, flowers and fruit of Myoporum acuminatum at the Turtle Islands near Lizard Island. Photos of this record were identified as Myoporum sp. by Dr. Jean-Yves Hiro Meyer (Délégation à la Recherche de la Polynésie française, Tahiti) in Sep 2023.

©Anne Hoggett: Foliage, fruit and flower of Myoporum acuminatum at the Turtle Islands near Lizard Island. Photos of this record were identified as Myoporum sp. by Dr. Jean-Yves Hiro Meyer (Délégation à la Recherche de la Polynésie française, Tahiti) in Sep 2023.

©Anne Hoggett: Myoporum acuminatum on the beach at the Turtle Islands near Lizard Island. Photos of this record were identified as Myoporum sp. by Dr. Jean-Yves Hiro Meyer (Délégation à la Recherche de la Polynésie française, Tahiti) in Sep 2023.

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Kingdom Plantae
Division Charophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Order Lamiales
Family Scrophulariaceae
Genus Myoporum
Species Myoporum acuminatum

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Distinguishing features

Myoporum acuminatum has been recorded from Cooks Look and noted as rare by George Batianoff in 1988 (Atlas of Living Australia accessed 14 Sep 2023).

The photographed specimen is a strand-line shrub. Leaves are long and thin (lanceolate), pointed (acuminate), dense, rather thick, lacking obvious side veins and are spirally-arranged. Flowers are small and white with five petals. Fruits become purplish when ripe.

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

  • De Sloover, J.R. (2003). Terrestrial vegetation patterns and plant communitites on Pacific coral cays, Scripta Bot. Belg., 24: 155-167. LIRS catalog number 830.
  • De Sloover, J.R. and M. Dufrene (1999). Flora and vegetation of Turtell V, Turtell Islands Group (Queensland, Australia), Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg./ Bull. Nat. Plantentuin Belg., 67: 45-97. LIRS catalog number 577.