Biology:Leucopogon allittii
Leucopogon allittii | |
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Priority Three — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Ericaceae |
Genus: | Leucopogon |
Species: | L. allittii
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Binomial name | |
Leucopogon allittii Benth.[1]
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Occurrence data from AVH | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Styphelia allittii (F.Muell.) F.Muell. |
Leucopogon allittii is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a rigid, glabrous shrub that typically grows to a height of about 30 cm (12 in) and has egg-shaped or lance-shaped leaves and tube-shaped, white flowers.[2]
It was first formally described in 1864 by Ferdinand von Mueller in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae from specimens collected near the Murchison River by Augustus Oldfield.[3][4] The specific epithet (allittii) honours William Allitt, who worked at the botanic gardens at Portland.[5]
Leucopogon allittii occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia and is listed as "Priority Three"[6] meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat.[7][8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Leucopogon allittii". Australian Plant Census. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/106644.
- ↑ Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1867). Flora Australiensis. 6. London: Lovell Reeve & Co.. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11266432#page/220/mode/1up. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
- ↑ "Leucopogon allittii". APNI. https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/536712.
- ↑ von Mueller, Ferdinand (1864). Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. 4. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. p. 103. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/7221#page/108/mode/1up. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
- ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 130. ISBN 9780958034180.
- ↑ "Leptospermum madidum subsp. sativum". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/13347.
- ↑ "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna". Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/images/documents/plants-animals/threatened-species/Listings/Conservation%20code%20definitions.pdf. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
- ↑ "Styphelia allittii". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/49782.
Wikidata ☰ Q17241408 entry