Biology:Leucopogon strongylophyllus
| Leucopogon strongylophyllus | |
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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. strongylophyllus
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| Binomial name | |
| Leucopogon strongylophyllus F.Muell.[1]
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Styphelia strongylophylla (F.Muell.) F.Muell. | |
Leucopogon strongylophyllus is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with crowded egg-shaped or round leaves and white, tube-shaped flower arranged singly or in pairs in leaf axils.
Description
Leucopogon strongylophyllus is an erect shrub, its young branchlets sometimes softly-hairy. Its leaves are crowded, sometimes erect, egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, or round, on a distinct petiiole. The leaves are prominently striated and sometimes have a minute, rigid point on the tip. The flowers are arranged singly or in pairs in leaf axils on a down-curved peduncle with minute bracts and broad bracteoles somewhat less than half as long as the sepals. The sepals are about 2 mm (0.079 in) long, and the petals white, about 4 mm (0.16 in) long, and joined at the base to form a tube with lobes longer than the petal tube.[2]
Taxonomy and naming
Leucopogon strongylophyllus was first formally described in 1864 by Ferdinand von Mueller in his Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae from specimens collected by James Drummond near the Murchison River.[3][4] The specific epithet (strongylophyllus) means "rounded leaves".[5]
Distribution
This leucopogon occurs in the Geraldton Sandplains bioregion of south-western Western Australia.[6]
Conservation status
Leucopogon strongylophyllus is listed as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Leucopogon strongylophyllus". https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/68160. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ↑ Bentham, George (1868). Flora Australiensis. 4. London: Lovell Reeve & Co.. p. 224. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11266445#page/233/mode/1up. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ↑ "Leucopogon strongylophyllus". APNI. https://biodiversity.org.au/boa/instance/apni/476984. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ↑ von Mueller, Ferdinand (1864). Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. p. 101. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/7221#page/106/mode/1up. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 315. ISBN 9780958034180.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Styphelia strongylophylla". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/49826.
Wikidata ☰ Q17240756 entry
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