Baeckea leptophylla

Baeckea leptophylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Baeckea
Species:	B. leptophylla
Binomial name
Baeckea leptophylla (Turcz.) Domin [1]
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]

See also

• List of Baeckea species

References

1. "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.