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

Styphelia strongylophylla (F.Muell.) F.Muell.

Leucopogon strongylophyllus is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with crowded egg-shaped or round leaves and white, tube-shaped flower arranged singly or in pairs in leaf axils.

Description

Leucopogon strongylophyllus is an erect shrub, its young branchlets sometimes softly-hairy. Its leaves are crowded, sometimes erect, egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, or round, on a distinct petiiole. The leaves are prominently striated and sometimes have a minute, rigid point on the tip. The flowers are arranged singly or in pairs in leaf axils on a down-curved peduncle with minute bracts and broad bracteoles somewhat less than half as long as the sepals. The sepals are about 2 mm (0.079 in) long, and the petals white, about 4 mm (0.16 in) long, and joined at the base to form a tube with lobes longer than the petal tube.[2]

Taxonomy and naming

Leucopogon strongylophyllus was first formally described in 1864 by Ferdinand von Mueller in his Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae from specimens collected by James Drummond near the Murchison River.[3][4] The specific epithet (strongylophyllus) means "rounded leaves".[5]

Distribution

This leucopogon occurs in the Geraldton Sandplains bioregion of south-western Western Australia.[6]

Conservation status

Leucopogon strongylophyllus is listed as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Leucopogon strongylophyllus". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  2. ↑ Bentham, George (1868). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 4. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 224. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  3. ↑ "Leucopogon strongylophyllus". APNI. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  4. ↑ von Mueller, Ferdinand (1864). Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. p. 101. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  5. ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 315. ISBN 9780958034180.
  6. 1 2 "Styphelia strongylophylla". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
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