Biology:Leucopogon margarodes
| Leucopogon margarodes | |
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| In the North Coast Regional Botanic Garden | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Leucopogon |
| Species: | L. margarodes
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| Binomial name | |
| Leucopogon margarodes R.Br.[1]
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Styphelia margarodes (R.Br.) Spreng. | |
Leucopogon margarodes is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to near-coastal areas of eastern Australia. It is an erect, spreading shrub with egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and small numbers of white, tube-shaped flowers usually arranged singly or in pairs in upper leaf axils.
Description
Leucopogon margarodes is an erect, spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.7–3 m (2 ft 4 in–9 ft 10 in), and has bristly branchlets. The leaves are egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, or oblong, 6.1–11.2 mm (0.24–0.44 in) long and 1.2–2.5 mm (0.047–0.098 in) wide on a petiole about 0.4 mm (0.016 in) long. The leaves are covered with bristly hairs, edges of the leaves are rolled under and have fine teeth. The flowers are few in number and arranged singly or in pairs in leaf axils with bracteoles 1.0–1.3 mm (0.039–0.051 in) long at the base. The sepals are 1.5–1.9 mm (0.059–0.075 in) long, the petals joined at the base to form a tube 1.15–1.3 mm (0.045–0.051 in) long with lobes 1.3–2.5 mm (0.051–0.098 in) long. Flowering mainly occurs from September to February and the fruit is a more of less glabrous, oval drupe 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) long.[2][3]
Taxonomy
Leucopogon margarodes was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen.[4][5]
Distribution and habitat
This leucopogon grows in coastal heath, forest and woodland in near-coastal areas from south-eastern Queensland to as far south as Wondabyne in New South Wales.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Leucopogon margarodes". https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/109495.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Powell, Jocelyn M.. "Leucopogon margarodes". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Leucopogon~margarodes.
- ↑ Benson, Doug; McDougall, Lyn (1995). "Ecology of Sydney Plants 3: families Cabombaceae to Eupomatiaceae". Cunninghamia 4 (2): 373. https://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/getmedia/050a0f06-8c1a-4708-8858-b6d2e40fe5c3/Volume-4(2)-1995-Cun4Ben217-431.pdf.aspx. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- ↑ "Leucopogon margarodes". APNI. https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/540923. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ↑ Brown, Robert (1810). Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum. London. p. 542. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/21871#page/414/mode/1up. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
Wikidata ☰ Q17241266 entry
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