Biology:Leucopogon cuneifolius

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Short description: Species of plant

Leucopogon cuneifolius
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Leucopogon
Species:
L. cuneifolius
Binomial name
Leucopogon cuneifolius
Stschegl.[1]
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Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms[1]
  • Leucopogon lissanthoides F.Muell.
  • Styphelia lissanthoides (F.Muell.) F.Muell.

Leucopogon cuneifolius is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an erect, bushy shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.2–1.5 m (7.9 in–4 ft 11.1 in). Its leaves are egg-shaped to lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, about 6 mm (0.24 in) long with a distinct petiole. Up to 3 flowers are borne in upper leaf axils on a short peduncle, with small bracts and bracteoles at the base. The sepals are about 3 mm (0.12 in) long and the petals about 5 mm (0.20 in) long, the petal lobes much shorter than the petal tube.[2]

This species was first formally described in 1859 by Sergei Sergeyevich Sheglejev in the Bulletin de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou.[3][4] The specific epithet (cuneifolius) means "wedge-leaved".[5]

Leucopogon cuneifolius (as Styphelia lissanthoides) occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia and is listed "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Leucopogon cuneifolius". https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/98674. Retrieved 21 July 2022. 
  2. Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1868). Flora Australiensis. 4. London: Lovell Reeve & Co.. p. 219. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11266440#page/228/mode/1up. Retrieved 21 July 2022. 
  3. "Leucopogon cuneifolius". APNI. https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/524812. 
  4. Sheglejev, Sergei Sergeyevich (1859). "Epacridearum Novarum". Bulletin de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou 32 (1): 18. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/151383#page/22/mode/1up. Retrieved 21 July 2022. 
  5. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 175. ISBN 9780958034180. 
  6. "Styphelia lissanthoides". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/49810. 

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