Biology:Leucopogon propinquus
| Leucopogon propinquus | |
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| In Porongurup National Park | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Leucopogon |
| Species: | L. propinquus
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| Binomial name | |
| Leucopogon propinquus R.Br.[1]
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
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Leucopogon propinquus is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, rigid shrub with linear leaves and white, tube-shaped flowers usually arranged in pairs or threes in leaf axils.
Description
Leucopogon propinquus is a rigid, erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 1.0–1.2 m (3 ft 3 in–3 ft 11 in). Its leaves are rigid, linear, 1.3–2.5 mm (0.051–0.098 in) long with a rigid point on the end. The flowers are borne in leaf axils in pairs or threes, sometimes 4 or 5, on a short peduncle with small bracts, and bracteoles less than half as long as the sepals and with a rigid point on the tip. The sepals are about 3.2 mm (0.13 in) long, the petals white and joined at the base, forming a tube shorter than the sepals, the petal lobes longer than the petal tube and rolled back.[2][3]
Taxonomy
Leucopogon propinquus was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen .[4][5] The specific epithet (propinquus) means "related to".[6]
Distribution
Leucopogon propinquus is found in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren bioregions of south-western Western Australia.[3]
Conservation status
This leucopogon is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Leucopogon propinquus". https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/67221. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
- ↑ Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1868). Flora Australiensis. 4. London: Lovell Reeve & Co.. p. 210. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11266431#page/219/mode/1up. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Leucopogon propinquus". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/49818.
- ↑ "Leucopogon propinquus". APNI. https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/475475.
- ↑ Brown, Robert (1810). Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. London. p. 543. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6157371#page/411/mode/1up. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
- ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 284. ISBN 9780958034180.
Wikidata ☰ Q17241542 entry
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