Biology:Leucopogon oxycedrus
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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. oxycedrus
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| Leucopogon oxycedrus Sond.[1]
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Leucopogon oxycedrus 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 variably-shaped leaves with a small, sharp point on the tip, and white, pink or red, tube-shaped flowers.
Description
Leucopogon oxycedrus is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.1–1 m (3.9 in–3 ft 3.4 in) and often has spreading branches. Its leaves are sessile, 6–12 mm (0.24–0.47 in) long, linear, oblong or lance-shaped, sometimes egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, but with a small, sharp point on the tip. The flowers are usually borne singly or pairs in leaf axils on a short peduncle with tiny bracts, and broad bracteoles less than half as long as the sepals. The sepals are about 3 mm (0.12 in) long, the petals white, pink or red, nearly 8 mm (0.31 in) long and joined at the base, forming a tube much longer than the sepals. Flowering occurs from March to December.[2][3]
Taxonomy
Leucopogon oxycedrus was first formally described in 1845 by Otto Wilhelm Sonder in Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae.[4][5] The specific epithet (oxycedrus) is a reference to the prickly cedar, Juniperus oxycedrus, apparently because of the sharp point on the leaves.[6]
Distribution and habitat
This leucopogon occurs in a variety of soils in near-coastal sites, in wetland, and on hills, ridges and breakaways in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren bioregions of southern Western Australia.[7]
Conservation status
Leucopogon oxycedrus is listed (as Styphelia erubescens) as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Leucopogon oxycedrus". https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/112124. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
- ↑ Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1868). Flora Australiensis. 4. London: Lovell Reeve & Co.. p. 219. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11266440#page/228/mode/1up. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
- ↑ "Leucopogon oxycedrus". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/6425.
- ↑ "Leucopogon oxycedrus". APNI. https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/544980.
- ↑ Sonder, Otto W. (1845). Plantae Preissianae. 1. Hamburg: Sumptibus Meissneri. p. 321. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/9227#page/326/mode/1up. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
- ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 268. ISBN 9780958034180.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Styphelia erubescens". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/49803.
Wikidata ☰ Q51048615 entry
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