Biology:Leucopogon extremus

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Short description: Species of plant

Leucopogon extremus

Priority Two — 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. extremus
Binomial name
Leucopogon extremus
Hislop & Puente-Lel.[1]
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Occurrence data from AVH

Leucopogon extremus is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to a restricted part of the Jarrah Forest bioregion in the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with "remarkably anomalous morphology.[2][3] The species was first formally described in 2012 by Michael Clyde Hislop and Caroline Puente-Lelièvre from specimens collected north-west of Collie in 2006. The specific epithet (extremus) refers to the "remarkably aberrant morphology" of the species.[4] It is listed as "Priority Two" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions,[2] meaning that it is poorly known and from only one or a few locations.[5]

References

  1. "Leucopogon extremus". https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/239113. Retrieved 24 December 2022. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Leucopogon extremus". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/41160. 
  3. Hislop, Michael C.; Puente-Lelièvre, Caroline (2012). "Leucopogon extremus (Styphelieae, Styphelioideae, Ericaceae), a remarkable new species that expands the morphological circumscription of Leucopogon sens. str.". Australian Systematic Botany 25 (3): 202. 
  4. "Leucopogon extremus". APNI. https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/749565. Retrieved 24 December 2022. 
  5. "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 24 December 2022. 

Wikidata ☰ Q50846903 entry