Biology:Styphelia tenuiflora
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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. tenuiflora
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| Binomial name | |
| Styphelia tenuiflora Lindl.[1]
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Styphelia tenuiflora, commonly known as common pinheath,[2] 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 shrub with broadly egg-shaped to lance-shaped leaves and whitish-cream, tube-shaped flowers with hairy lobes.
Description
Styphelia tenuiflora is an erect, bushy, rigid, glabrous shrub that typically grows up to 0.2–1 m (7.9 in–3 ft 3.4 in) high. The leaves are egg-shaped to broadly lance-shaped, about 12 mm (0.47 in) long with a short, almost sessile with a sharply pointed tip. The flowers are arranged in leaf axils, with bracteoles up to 2 mm (0.079 in) long at the base. The sepals are about 5 mm (0.20 in) long, and the petals are creamy white and joined at the base forming a narrow tube 12 mm (0.47 in) long with hairy lobes.[3]
Taxonomy
Styphelia tenuiflora was first formally described in 1839 by John Lindley in his A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony.[4][5] The specific epithet (tenuiflora) means "thin-flowered".[6]
Distribution
Common pinheath grows on gravelly lateritic soil in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia.[2]
Conservation status
Styphelia tenuiflora is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Styphelia tenuiflora". Plants of the World Online. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:325954-1#synonyms.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Styphelia tenuiflora". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/6476.
- ↑ Bentham, George (1868). Flora Australiensis. 4. London: Lovell Reeve & Co.. pp. 148–149. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11266369#page/157/mode/1up. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ↑ "Styphelia tenuiflora". APNI. https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/540163.
- ↑ Lindley, John (1839). A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony. London: James Ridgway. p. xxv. https://archive.org/details/sketchvegetatio00goog/page/n32/mode/2up. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 321. ISBN 9780958034180.
Wikidata ☰ Q17242779 entry
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