Leucopogon flexifolius
Leucopogon flexifolius | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Ericaceae |
Genus: | Leucopogon |
Species: | L. flexifolius
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Binomial name | |
Leucopogon flexifolius | |
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Occurrence data from AVH | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Styphelia flexifolia (R.Br.) Spreng. |
Leucopogon flexifolius is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to south-east Queensland. It is a rigid shrub with many softly-hairy branchlets, crowded, sharply-pointed linear to lance-shaped leaves, and small, white, bell-shaped flowers that are bearded inside.
Description
Leucopogon flexifolius is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 30–60 cm (12–24 in) and has many softly-hairy branchlets. Its leaves are crowded, linear to lance-shaped with a fine point on the end and 4–8.5 mm (0.16–0.33 in) long. The flowers are arranged in two to four upper leaf axils on a short peduncle with small bracts and bracteoles about 0.5 mm (0.020 in) long. The sepals are about 1.6 mm (0.063 in) long and the petals white and about 2 mm (0.079 in) long, forming a bell-shaped tube with lobes about as long as the petal tube and hairy inside.[2]
Taxonomy
Leucopogon flexifolius was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen from specimens he collected at Shoalwater Bay.[3][4] The specific epithet (flexifolius) means "pliable-leaved".[5]
Distribution
This leucopogon grows in south-east Queensland.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Leucopogon flexifolius". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
- ^ Bentham, George (1868). Flora Australiensis. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. pp. 216–217. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
- ^ "Leucopogon flexifolius". APNI. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
- ^ Brown, Robert (1810). Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. London. p. 546. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 200. ISBN 9780958034180.
- ^ "Leucopogon flexifolius". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
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- Ericales of Australia
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