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

Styphelia oldfieldii F.Muell.

Leucopogon ovalifolius is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect or straggling shrub that typically grows to a height of 1–2 ft (0.30–0.61 m). Its leaves are egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 4.2–6.3 mm (0.17–0.25 in) long and sessile. The flowers are arranged in pairs or threes in leaf axils on a short peduncle with tiny bracts, and bracteoles less than half as long as the sepals. The sepals are about 2 mm (0.079 in) long, the petals 4.2–5.3 mm (0.17–0.21 in) long and joined at the base, the lobes longer than the petal tube.[2]

The species was first formally described in 1845 by Otto Wilhelm Sonder in Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae from specimens collected in 1840.[3] The specific epithet (ovalifolius) means "oval-leaved".[4]

Leucopogon ovalifolius occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of southern Western Australia and is listed (as Styphelia retrorsa) as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Leucopogon ovalifolius". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  2. ↑ Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1868). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 4. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 218. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  3. ↑ "Leucopogon ovalifolius". APNI. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  4. ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 267. ISBN 9780958034180.
  5. ↑ "Styphelia retrorsa". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
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