Leucopogon
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| Leucopogon parviflorus | |
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Leucopogon is a genus of about 150-160 species of shrubby flowering plants belonging to the family Ericaceae, in the section of that family formerly treated as the separate family Epacridaceae. They are native to Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, the western Pacific Islands and Malaysia, with the greatest species diversity in southeastern Australia. The common name is beard-heath or beard heath. Leucopogon is derived from ancient Greek. Translated as White Beard.[1]
- Selected species
- Leucopogon amplexicaulis - Australia
- Leucopogon australis - Victoria, Tasmania
- Leucopogon collinus - Victoria, Tasmania
- Leucopogon confertus - Australia
- Leucopogon cryptanthus - Australia
- Leucopogon cuspidatus - Australia
- Leucopogon ericoides - NSW, Victoria, Tasmania
- Leucopogon exolasius - Australia
- Leucopogon fasciculatus - New Zealand
- Leucopogon fletcheri - NSW, Victoria
- Leucopogon fraseri - or Patotara, a New Zealand native, a small prickly shrub growing in dry conditions from sea level to low alpine regions. Also throughout eastern Australia.
- Leucopogon gnaphalioides - Australia
- Leucopogon interruptus - Western Australia
- Leucopogon juniperinus - Australia
- Leucopogon lanceolatus - South Australia to Tasmania
- Leucopogon marginatus - Western Australia
- Leucopogon microphyllus - Australia
- Leucopogon parviflorus - Coast Beard-heath (Australia and the Chatham Islands)
- Leucopogon setiger - New South Wales
- Leucopogon muticus - Australia
- Leucopogon nanum - New Zealand
- Leucopogon neurophyllus- Veined Beard-heath or Mount William Beard Heath, Australia
- Leucopogon obtectus - Australia
- Leucopogon rubricaulis - Australia
- Leucopogon verticillatus - Western Australia
- Leucopogon virgatus - south-eastern Australia
The subalpine species Acrothamnus hookeri was until 2005 known as Leucopogon hookeri.
References
- ^ Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, ISBN 978-0-7318-1211-0 page 108
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