Melaleuca pancheri
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Melaleuca pancheri is a shrub or small tree species which is endemic to New Caledonia
. It grows up to 10 metres high, has a rounded canopy and develops a thick, papery bark. Younger branchlets are covered with dense hairs. The leaves have short petioles, rounded tips and tapering bases. They are 40 to 70 mm long and 10 to 15 mm wide. Younger leaves are hairy and silvery-grey in colour. Bright yellow inflorescence
s are produced throughout the year, followed by pubescent capsules.
It occurs in moist forest and scrub in the south of the main island at altitudes between 100 and 700 metres.
The species was first formally described in 1864 in Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France and named Callistemon pancheri. In 1998, the species was transferred to the genus Melaleuca
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New Caledonia
New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...
. It grows up to 10 metres high, has a rounded canopy and develops a thick, papery bark. Younger branchlets are covered with dense hairs. The leaves have short petioles, rounded tips and tapering bases. They are 40 to 70 mm long and 10 to 15 mm wide. Younger leaves are hairy and silvery-grey in colour. Bright yellow inflorescence
Inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...
s are produced throughout the year, followed by pubescent capsules.
It occurs in moist forest and scrub in the south of the main island at altitudes between 100 and 700 metres.
The species was first formally described in 1864 in Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France and named Callistemon pancheri. In 1998, the species was transferred to the genus Melaleuca
Melaleuca
Melaleuca is a genus of plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae known for its natural soothing and cleansing properties. There are well over 200 recognised species, most of which are endemic to Australia...
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