Leucopogon nutans
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Leucopogon
Species:
L. nutans
Binomial name
Leucopogon nutans
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms[1]

Styphelia nitens (E.Pritz.) Sleumer

Leucopogon nutans is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub that was first formally described in 1904 by Ernst Georg Pritzel in Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie from specimens collected in Darlington (now a suburb of Perth).[2][3] The specific epithet (nutans) means "nodding".[4]

Leucopogon nutans is found in the Avon Wheatbelt and Jarrah Forest bioregions of south-western Western Australia. It is listed (as Styphelia nitens) as "not threatened", by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Leucopogon nutans". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  2. "Leucopogon nutans". APNI. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  3. Pritzel, Ernst G. (1904). "Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse". Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie. 35 (2–3): 477. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  4. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 262. ISBN 9780958034180.
  5. "Styphelia nitens". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
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