Leucopogon psilopus

Priority Two — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Leucopogon
Species:
L. psilopus
Binomial name
Leucopogon psilopus
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms[1]
  • Leucopogon pendulus var. cuspidatus Benth.
  • Leucopogon sp. Bluff Knoll (K.H.Rechinger 60460)

Leucopogon psilopus is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the Stirling Range in the south-west of Western Australia.[2] The species was first formally described in 1859 by Sergei Sergeyevich Sheglejev in the Bulletin de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou from specimens collected by James Drummond.[3][4] It is listed (as Styphelia psilopus) as "Priority Two" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions,[2] meaning that it is poorly known and from only one or a few locations.[5] The specific epithet (psilopus) means "glabrous foot", probably referring to the pedicels.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Leucopogon psilopus". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Leucopogon psilopus". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. "Leucopogon psilopus". APNI. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  4. Sheglejev, Sergei Sergeyevich (1859). "Epacridearum Novarum". Bulletin de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou. 32 (1): 19. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  5. "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  6. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 285. ISBN 9780958034180.


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