Leucopogon cuneifolius
Leucopogon cuneifolius | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Ericaceae |
Genus: | Leucopogon |
Species: | L. cuneifolius
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Binomial name | |
Leucopogon cuneifolius | |
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Leucopogon cuneifolius is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an erect, bushy shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.2–1.5 m (7.9 in – 4 ft 11.1 in). Its leaves are egg-shaped to lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, about 6 mm (0.24 in) long with a distinct petiole. Up to 3 flowers are borne in upper leaf axils on a short peduncle, with small bracts and bracteoles at the base. The sepals are about 3 mm (0.12 in) long and the petals about 5 mm (0.20 in) long, the petal lobes much shorter than the petal tube.[2]
This species was first formally described in 1859 by Sergei Sergeyevich Sheglejev in the Bulletin de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou.[3][4] The specific epithet (cuneifolius) means "wedge-leaved".[5]
Leucopogon cuneifolius (as Styphelia lissanthoides) occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia and is listed "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Leucopogon cuneifolius". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1868). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 4. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 219. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ "Leucopogon cuneifolius". APNI. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ Sheglejev, Sergei Sergeyevich (1859). "Epacridearum Novarum". Bulletin de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou. 32 (1): 18. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 175. ISBN 9780958034180.
- ^ "Styphelia lissanthoides". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
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