Leucopogon psammophilus

Species of plant

Leucopogon psammophilus
Conservation status

Priority One — 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. psammophilus
Binomial name
Leucopogon psammophilus
E.Pritz.[1]
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms[1]
  • Leucopogon teretostylus J.D.Briggs & Leigh nom. inval., nom. nud.
  • Leucopogon teretostylus Paczk. & A.R.Chapm. nom. inval.
  • Styphelia psammophila (E.Pritz.) Sleumer

Leucopogon psammophilus 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 typically grows to a height of 45 cm (18 in) and grows on breakaways in the Geraldton Sandplains bioregion of south-western Western Australia.[2] The species was first formally described in 1904 by Ernst Georg Pritzel in Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie from specimens collected near the Greenough River.[3][4] It is listed as "Priority One" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions,[2] meaning that it is known from only one or a few locations which are potentially at risk.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Leucopogon psammophilus". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Leucopogon psammophilus". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. ^ "Leucopogon psammophilus". APNI. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  4. ^ Diels, Ludwig; 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): 473. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
Taxon identifiers
Leucopogon psammophilus


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