Baeckea leptophylla

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Baeckea leptophylla
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Baeckea
Species:
B. leptophylla
Binomial name
Baeckea leptophylla
Synonyms [1]

Harmogia leptophyllaTurcz.

Baeckea leptophylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is native to Western Australia. [2]

The species was first formally described in 1852 by Nikolai Turczaninow who gave it the name Harmogia leptophylla in the Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg from specimens collected by James Drummond. [3] [4] In 1923, Karel Domin changed the name to Baeckea leptophylla. [5] The specific epithet (leptophylla) means "thin-leaved". [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Baeckea leptophylla". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  2. "Baeckea leptophylla". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. "Harmogia leptophylla". APNI. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  4. Turczaninow, Nikolai (1852). "Myrtaceae Xerocarpicae in Nova Hollandia a cl. Drummond lectae et plerumque in collectione ejus quinta distributae, determinatae et descriptae". Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg. 10: 330. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  5. "Baeckea leptophylla". APNI. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  6. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 238. ISBN   9780958034180.