Biology:Leucopogon allittii

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Short description: Species of shrub

Leucopogon allittii

Priority Three — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Leucopogon
Species:
L. allittii
Binomial name
Leucopogon allittii
Benth.[1]
Leucopogon allittiiDistA4.png
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. 1.0 1.1 "Leucopogon allittii". Australian Plant Census. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/106644. 
  2. 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. 
  3. "Leucopogon allittii". APNI. https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/536712. 
  4. 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. 
  5. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 130. ISBN 9780958034180. 
  6. "Leptospermum madidum subsp. sativum". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/13347. 
  7. "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. 
  8. "Styphelia allittii". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/49782. 

Wikidata ☰ Q17241408 entry