Biology:Leucopogon flexifolius
| Leucopogon flexifolius | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Leucopogon |
| Species: | L. flexifolius
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| Binomial name | |
| Leucopogon flexifolius R.Br.[1]
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Styphelia flexifolia (R.Br.) Spreng. | |
Leucopogon flexifolius is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to south-east Queensland. It is a rigid shrub with many softly-hairy branchlets, crowded, sharply-pointed linear to lance-shaped leaves, and small, white, bell-shaped flowers that are bearded inside.
Description
Leucopogon flexifolius is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 30–60 cm (12–24 in) and has many softly-hairy branchlets. Its leaves are crowded, linear to lance-shaped with a fine point on the end and 4–8.5 mm (0.16–0.33 in) long. The flowers are arranged in two to four upper leaf axils on a short peduncle with small bracts and bracteoles about 0.5 mm (0.020 in) long. The sepals are about 1.6 mm (0.063 in) long and the petals white and about 2 mm (0.079 in) long, forming a bell-shaped tube with lobes about as long as the petal tube and hairy inside.[2]
Taxonomy
Leucopogon flexifolius was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen from specimens he collected at Shoalwater Bay.[3][4] The specific epithet (flexifolius) means "pliable-leaved".[5]
Distribution
This leucopogon grows in south-east Queensland.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Leucopogon flexifolius". Australian Plant Census. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/99342.
- ↑ Bentham, George (1868). Flora Australiensis. 4. London: Lovell Reeve & Co.. pp. 216–217. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11266437#page/225/mode/1up. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
- ↑ "Leucopogon flexifolius". APNI. https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/525858.
- ↑ Brown, Robert (1810). Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. London. p. 546. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6157371#page/414/mode/1up. Retrieved 1 November 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 flexifolius". Atlas of Living Australia. https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2918072.
Wikidata ☰ Q17241930 entry
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