Biology:Leucopogon gilbertii
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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. gilbertii
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| Binomial name | |
| Leucopogon gilbertii Stschegl.[1]
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Leucopogon gilbertii is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a slender shrub with linear to lance-shaped leaves and spikes of tube-shaped white flowers on the ends of branches and in leaf axils.
Description
Leucopogon gilbertii is a slender, glabrous shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.2–1 m (7.9 in–3 ft 3.4 in). The leaves are linear to lance-shaped tapering to a short, hard point, and up to about 12 mm (0.47 in) long. The flowers are small, arranged in short, dense spikes on the ends of branches or in upper leaf axils with bracts and striated bracteoles about half as long as the sepals. The sepals are hairy, about 1.6 mm (0.063 in) long and the petals white and 3.2 mm (0.13 in) long, the lobes longer than the petal tube.[2][3]
Taxonomy
Leucopogon gilbertii was first formally described in 1859 by Sergei Sergeyevich Sheglejev in the Bulletin de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou from specimens collected by John Gilbert.[4][5] The specific epithet (gilbertii) honour the collector of the type specimens.[6]
Distribution and habitat
This leucopogon grows in peaty sand in winter-wet places and in swamps in the Jarrah Forest and Warren bioregions of south-western Western Australia.[3]
Conservation status
Leucopogon gilbertii is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Leucopogon gilbertii". https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/99491. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ↑ Bentham, George (1868). Flora Australiensis. 4. London: Lovell Reeve & Co.. p. 198. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11266419#page/207/mode/1up. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Leucopogon gilbertii". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/6395.
- ↑ "Leucopogon gilbertii". APNI. https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/526061.
- ↑ Sheglejev, Sergei Sergeyevich (1859). "Epacridearum Novarum". Bulletin de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou 32 (1): 15. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/151383#page/19/mode/1up. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 206. ISBN 9780958034180.
Wikidata ☰ Q17243420 entry
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