Biology:Leucopogon plumuliflorus
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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. plumuliflorus
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Leucopogon plumuliflorus is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a weakly erect shrub with egg-shaped leaves and spikes of white or pinkish-white, tube-shaped flowers.
Description
Leucopogon plumuliflorus is a slender, weakly erect, multi-stemmed shrub that typically grows to a height of 30–60 cm (12–24 in), its branches and leaves more or less softly-hairy. The leaves are egg-shaped with a heart-shaped base, less than 13 mm (0.51 in) long and convex, with the edges turned down. The flowers are arranged in spike-like heads on the ends of branches, with small bracts and hairy, egg-shaped bracteoles 1.6 mm (0.063 in) long. The sepals are linear to lance-shaped, 5.3 mm (0.21 in) long, the petals white or pinkish-white, 3.2 mm (0.13 in) and joined at the base, the petal lobes shorter than the petal tube. Flowering occurs from April or from July to November and the fruit is a drupe.[1][3]
Taxonomy
Leucopogon plumuliflorus was first formally described in 1867 by Ferdinand von Mueller who gave it the name Styphelia plumuliflora in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae from specimens collected by James Drummond.[4][5] In 1868, George Bentham transferred the species to Leucopogon as L. pumuliflorus in Flora Australiensis.[3][6] The specific epithet (plumuliflorus) means "little feather-flowered", referring to the sepals.[7]
Distribution and habitat
This leucopogon grows on lateritic sandy soils, amongst boulders and on hillslopes in the Geraldton Sandplains bioregion of south-western Western Australia.[1]
Conservation status
Leucopogon plumuliflorus is listed as "Priority Two" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions,[1] meaning that it is poorly known and from only one or a few locations.[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Leucopogon plumuliflorus". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/6432.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Leucopogon plumuliflorus". https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/67071.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bentham, George (1868). Flora Australiensis. 4. London: Lovell Reeve & Co.. p. 205. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11266426#page/214/mode/1up. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ↑ "Styphelia plumuliflora". APNI. https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/538105.
- ↑ von Mueller, Ferdinand (1867). Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. 6. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. pp. 29–30. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/7223#page/30/mode/1up. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ↑ "Leucopogon plumuliflorus". APNI. https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/475237.
- ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 280. ISBN 9780958034180.
- ↑ "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna". Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/images/documents/plants-animals/threatened-species/Listings/Conservation%20code%20definitions.pdf. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
Wikidata ☰ Q17240703 entry
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