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Styphelia conchifolia

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Styphelia conchifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Leucopogon
Species:
L. conchifolius
Binomial name
Leucopogon conchifolius
Occurrence data from AVH

Leucopogon conchifolius 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 shrublet with many branches, more or less round leaves near the ends of branchlets, and white, tube-shaped flowers arranged near the ends of leafy twigs.

Description

Leucopogon conchifolius is an erect, slender shrublet that typically grows to a height of 40–80 cm (16–31 in) and has many branches. The leaves are more or less round, 2.2–3.0 mm (0.087–0.118 in) long and wide on a petiole about 0.5 mm (0.020 in) long. The flowers are arranged singly, in pairs or threes in leaf axils near the ends of branchlets, with small egg-shaped, pale green bracts and broadly egg-shaped to round bracteoles. The sepals are triangular, about 2.4 mm (0.094 in) long, the petals white and joined at the base to form a tube 1.5–2.0 mm (0.059–0.079 in) long, the lobes slightly longer than the petal tube and densely bearded on the inside. Flowering peaks in mid-March.[2][3]

Taxonomy and naming

Leucopogon conchifolius was first formally described in 1986 by Arne Strid in the journal Willdenowia from specimens he collected in the Fitzgerald River National Park in 1983.[2][4] The specific epithet (conchifolius) means "oyster shell-leaved".[2][5]

Distribution and habitat

This leucopogon grows in heath in the Esperance Plains bioregion of south-western Western Australia.[2][3]

Conservation status

Leucopogon conchifolius ( as Styphelia conchifolia) is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Leucopogon conchifolius". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d Strid, Arne K. (1986). "New Species of Leucopogon and Conostephium (Epacridaceae) from SW Australia". Willdenowia. 16: 171–173.
  3. ^ a b c "Styphelia conchifolia". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  4. ^ "Leucopogon conchifolius". APNI. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  5. ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 168. ISBN 9780958034180.