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Leucopogon elatior

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Leucopogon elatior
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Leucopogon
Species:
L. elatior
Binomial name
Leucopogon elatior
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms[1]
  • Leucopogon semioppositus F.Muell. nom. inval., pro syn.
  • Styphelia elatior (Sond.) Sleumer
  • Styphelia semiopposita F.Muell.

Leucopogon elatior is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a slender, erect or straggly shrub with broadly egg-shaped leaves, and white, tube-shaped flowers.

Description

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Leucopogon elatior is a slender, erect or straggly shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.2–1 m (7.9 in – 3 ft 3.4 in). Its leaves are broadly egg-shaped to lance-shaped, 2–6 mm (0.079–0.236 in) long with a more or less heart-shaped base. The flowers are arranged in cylindrical spike of many flowers with leaf-like bracts and small bracteoles. The sepals are about 2 mm (0.079 in) long, the petals white and joined at the base to form a broadly bell-shaped tube about 4 mm (0.16 in) long, the lobes longer than the petal tube. Flowering occurs from January to May, or July to November.[2][3]

Taxonomy and naming

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Leucopogon elatior as was first formally described in 1845 by Otto Wilhelm Sonder in Johann Georg Christian Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae.[4][5] The specific epithet (elatior) means "taller".[6]

Distribution and habitat

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This leucopogon grows on sandplains, hillslopes and winter-wet places in the south-west of Western Australia.[2][7]

Conservation status

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Leucopogon elatior is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Leucopogon elatior". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Leucopogon eliator". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. ^ Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1868). Flora Australiansis. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 194. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Leucopogon elatior". APNI. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  5. ^ Sonder, Otto W. (1845). Lehmann, Johann G.C. (ed.). Plantae Preissianae. Vol. 1. Hamburg. pp. 314–315. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  6. ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 190. ISBN 9780958034180.
  7. ^ "Leucopogon elatior". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 23 August 2022.