Hakea leucoptera subsp. leucoptera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Hakea
Species:
H. leucoptera

Subspecies:
H. l. subsp. leucoptera
Trinomial name
Hakea leucoptera subsp. leucoptera
Synonyms[1]

Hakea leucoptera subsp. leucoptera, commonly known as silver needlewood, needlewood, needle bush, needle hakea[2] or kulua,[3] is a shrub or small tree with cylinder-shaped leaves and with flowers which have a covering of white, woolly hairs on the flower stalks. It is found in western New South Wales, north-western Victoria, South Australia and the Northern Territory. It grows in grassland, shrubland and woodland.[2][3]

Taxonomy and naming

Hakea leucoptera was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown and the description was published in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.[4][5] In 1996 William Baker described two subspecies of H. leucoptera including this subspecies and subspecies sericipes.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Hakea leucoptera subsp. leucoptera". APNI. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  2. 1 2 Barker, Robyn M.; Haegi, Laurie; Barker, William Robert. "Hakea leucoptera R.Br. subsp. leucoptera". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  3. 1 2 Stajsic, Val. "Hakea leucoptera subsp. leucoptera". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "Hakea leucoptera". APNI. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  5. ↑ Brown, Robert (1810). "On the natural order of plants called Proteaceae". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 10 (1): 180. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  6. ↑ Baker, William R. (1996). "Novelties and taxonomic notes relating to Hakea Sect. Hakea (Proteaceae), mainly of eastern Australia" (PDF). Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Garden. 17: 180–182. Retrieved 2 November 2018.


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