Biology:Styphelia decussata
| Styphelia decussata | |
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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: | Styphelia |
| Species: | S. decussata
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| Binomial name | |
| Styphelia decussata Hislop, Crayn & Puente-Lel.[1]
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Leucopogon tamminensis var. australis E.Pritz. | |
Styphelia decussata 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 many branches, overlapping triangular to egg-shaped leaves, and white, tube-shaped flowers arranged singly in upper leaf axils.[2]
It was first formally described in 1904 by Ernst Georg Pritzel who gave it the name Leucopogon tamminensis var. australis in Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie.[3]
In 2020, Michael Clyde Hislop, Darren M. Crayn and Caroline Puente-Lelievre transferred it to the genus Styphelia and raised it to species status. Since the name Styphelia australis was used for a different species, (Styphelia australis (R.Br.) F.Muell., now known as Leucopogon australis R.Br.)[4] the species was given the name Styphelia decussata.[1]
Styphelia decussata is widely distributed between Corrigin, Boxwood Hill and Munglinup in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains and Mallee of south-western Western Australia.[5][6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Styphelia decussata". https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77210335-1#synonyms.
- ↑ Strid, Arne K. (1986). "New Species of Leucopogon and Conostephium (Epacridaceae) from SW Australia.". Willdenowia 16: 175–177. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3996314. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ↑ Pritzel, Ernst G. (1904). "Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse.". Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35 (2–3): 479. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/126950#page/508/mode/1up. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ↑ "Leucopogon australis". Plants of the World Online. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:325252-1#synonyms.
- ↑ "Styphelia decussata". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/49800.
- ↑ Hislop, Michael; Nguyen, H.K. (2022). "A taxonomic review of the Styphelia tamminensis subgroup (Ericaceae: Epacridoideae: Styphelieae).". Nuytsia 33: 289. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/321371#page/295/mode/1up. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
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