Biology:Epacris heteronema
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Epacris heteronema | |
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| In the Australian National Botanic Gardens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Epacris |
| Species: | E. heteronema
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| Binomial name | |
| Epacris heteronema Labill.[2]
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Epacris heteronema is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is an erect shrub with many branches, that typically grows to a height of 0.6–6 m (2 ft 0 in–19 ft 8 in). Its leaves are egg-shaped with an often heart-shaped base and a sharply-pointed tip. The flowers are arranged singly in a few leaf axils near the ends of the branches and are white and tube-shaped, with lobes about the same length as the petal tube.[3]
Epacris heteronema was first formally described in 1805 by Jacques Labillardière in his Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen.[4][5]
This epacris grows in heath and is widely distributed in the south and south-west of Tasmania. [6]
References
- ↑ IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group.; Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). (2021). "Epacris heteronema". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T200350733A200350735. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T200350733A200350735.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/200350733/200350735. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ↑ "Epacris heteronema". Australian Plant Census. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/77708.
- ↑ Rodway, Leonard (1903). The Tasmanian Flora. Hobart: Tasmanian Government Printer. p. 121. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37374889#page/181/mode/1up. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ↑ "Epacris heteronema". APNI. https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/491958. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ↑ Labillardière, Jacques (1805). Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen. 1. Paris. p. 42. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/126969#page/41/mode/1up. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ↑ Jordan, Greg. "Epacris heteronema". University of Tasmania. https://www.utas.edu.au/dicotkey/dicotkey/EPACRIDS/sEpacris_heteronema.htm.
Wikidata ☰ Q15376790 entry
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