Biology:Leucopogon flavescens
| Leucopogon flavescens | |
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| Subspecies brevifolius | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Leucopogon |
| Species: | L. flavescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Leucopogon flavescens Sond.[1]
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Styphelia flavescens (Sond.) F.Muell. | |
Leucopogon flavescens is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with oblong leaves and white, tube-shaped flowers that are densely bearded on the inside.
Description
Leucopogon flavescens is an erect shrub that typically grows up to a height of 0.6–1.2 m (2 ft 0 in–3 ft 11 in) and has minutely, softly-hairy branches. Its leaves are moderately crowded, oblong, 6–12 mm (0.24–0.47 in) long on a very short petiole. The flowers are arranged singly in leaf axils with bracteoles but no bracts at the base. The sepals are less than 2 mm (0.079 in) long, the petals white and densely hairy on the inside.[2]
Taxonomy and naming
Leucopogon flavescens was first formally described in 1845 by Otto Wilhelm Sonder in Johann Georg Christian Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae.[3][4] The specific epithet (flavescens) means "yellowish", referring to the leaves when dried.[5]
In 1868, George Bentham described two varieties of L. flavescens in Flora Australiensis,[2] and the names are accepted by the Australian Plant Census:
- Leucopogon flavescens var. brevifolius Benth.;[6]
- Leucopogon flavescens Benth. var. flavescens Hislop.[7]
Distribution
This leucopogon occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains and Jarrah Forest bioregions in the south-west of Western Australia.[8]
Conservation status
Leucopogon flavescens is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Leucopogon flavescens". https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/99278. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bentham, George (1868). Flora Australiensis. 4. London: Lovell Reeve & Co.. p. 213. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11266434#page/222/mode/1up. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ↑ "Leucopogon flavescens". APNI. https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/525768. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ↑ Sonder, Otto W. (1845). Plantae Preissianae. 1. Hamburg. p. 322. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/199352#page/682/mode/1up. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 200. ISBN 9780958034180.
- ↑ "Leucopogon flavescens var. brevifolius". https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/99297. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ↑ "Leucopogon flavescens var. flavescens". https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/99311. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Styphelia flavescens". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/49804.
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