Leucopogon mitchellii
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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. mitchellii
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| Leucopogon mitchellii | |
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Styphelia mitchellii (Benth.) F.Muell. | |
Leucopogon mitchellii is a plant in the Ericaceae family and is endemic to Queensland. It was first formally described in 1868 by George Bentham in Flora Australiensis from specimens collected, among others, by Thomas Mitchell near Lake Salvator Rosa.[2][3]
Leucopogon mitchellii is listed as a synonym of Styphelia mitchellii by Plants of the World Online.[4] The name Leucopogon mitchellii is listed as superseded by Styphelia mitchellii by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science, where its conservation status is listed as of "least concern".[5]
Description
Bentham describes the species:
A glabrous and often glaucous shrub of 2 to 3 ft. Leaves sessile, narrow oblong, abruptly contracted into a short, pungent point, flat or slightly concave, rarely ½ in. long. Peduncles axillary, very short, bearing usually only 1 flower besides the rudiment or rarely 2 perfect flowers, which are large for the genus. Bracts minute; bracteoles very broad, truncate, not half so long as the calyx. Sepals nearly 2 lines long, dry, obtuse. CoroUa-tube 3 to 3½ lines long; lobes nearly 2 lines. Anthers attached about the middle, obtuse, without sterile tips. Hypogynous disk truncate. Ovary 5-angled, 5-celled; style long, the stigma sometimes very small, sometimes broad and peltate. — L. cuspidatus, Mitch. Trop. Austr. 225, 226, not of R. Br.
Queensland. Near Lake Salvator Rosa, Mitchell; in the interior, Leichhardt; Percy Island, A. Cunningham; Mount Hedlow, Rockhampton, C. E. Porter.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Leucopogon mitchellii". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ "Leucopogon mitchellii". APNI. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ a b Bentham, George (1868). Flora Australiensis. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 220. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ "Styphelia mitchellii F.Muell. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Communications, The State of Queensland; Department of Environment and Science (20 October 2014). "Species profile | Environment, land and water: Styphelia mitchellii". apps.des.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
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External links
- Leucopogon mitchellii occurrence data from the Australasian Virtual HerbariumError: "Q17243790" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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