Biology:Leucopogon crassiflorus
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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. crassiflorus
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| Binomial name | |
| Leucopogon crassiflorus (F.Muell.) Benth.[1]
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Leucopogon crassiflorus 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 few branches and that typically grows to a height of 30–60 cm (12–24 in). Its leaves are broadly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, to more or less round, 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) long with a stem-clasping base. The flowers are borne singly or in pairs in upper leaf axils on a short peduncle, sometimes in small clusters, and with small bracts and bracteoles at the base. The sepals are about 4 mm (0.16 in) long and the petals about 6.5 mm (0.26 in) long, the petal lobes longer than the petal tube.[2]
The species was first formally described in 1868 by Ferdinand von Mueller who gave it the name Styphelia crassiflorus in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae.[3] In 1868, George Bentham changed the name to Leucopogon crassiflorus in Flora Australiensis.[4] The specific epithet (crassiflorus) means "thick-flowered".[5]
Leucopogon crassiflorus occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt and Geraldton Sandplains bioregions of south-western Western Australia and is listed (as Styphelia crassiflora) as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Leucopogon crassiflorus". https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/98589. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
- ↑ Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1868). Flora Australiensis. 4. London: Lovell Reeve & Co.. pp. 223–224. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11266444#page/232/mode/1up. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ↑ "Styphelia crassiflorus". APNI. https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/532924.
- ↑ "Leucopogon crassiflorus". APNI. https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/524650.
- ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 172. ISBN 9780958034180.
- ↑ "Styphelia crassiflora". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/49791.
Wikidata ☰ Q17244132 entry
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