Biology:Leucopogon obtusatus
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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. obtusatus
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| Leucopogon obtusatus Sond.[1]
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Leucopogon obtusatus 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 that typically grows to a height of 0.25–1 m (9.8 in–3 ft 3.4 in). Its leaves are sessile, egg-shaped to oblong, overlap each other and are about 2 mm (0.079 in) long. The flowers are arranged in short, dense spikes on the ends of branches or in upper leaf axils with leaf-like bracts and broad bracteoles less than half as long as the sepals. The sepals are about 2 mm (0.079 in) long, the petals about 4 mm (0.16 in) long and joined at the base, the lobes shorter than the petal tube.[2][3]
The species was first formally described in 1845 by Otto Wilhelm Sonder in Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae from specimens collected near York in 1839.[4] The specific epithet (obtusatus) means "blunt-possessing", referring to the leaf tips.[5]
Leucopogon obtusatus occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia and is listed "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Leucopogon obtusatus". https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/111882. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ↑ Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1868). Flora Australiensis. 4. London: Lovell Reeve & Co.. p. 204. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11266425#page/213/mode/1up. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Leucopogon obtusatus". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/6419.
- ↑ "Leucopogon obtusatus". APNI. https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/544647.
- ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 263. ISBN 9780958034180.
Wikidata ☰ Q17241493 entry
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