Epacris exserta

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Epacris exserta
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Epacris
Species:
E. exserta
Binomial name
Epacris exserta
Synonyms [1]

Epacris exsertaR.Br. var. exserta

Epacris exserta , commonly known as South Esk heath, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the heath family, Ericaceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is an erect shrub with narrowly lance-shaped to elliptic leaves and tube-shaped, white flowers clustered near the ends of the branches.

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Description

Epacris exserta is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) and has many glabrous stems. The leaves are narrowly lance-shaped to elliptic, 7–11 mm (0.28–0.43 in) long and 1.1–1.3 mm (0.043–0.051 in) wide with a small, short point on the tip. The flowers are arranged in clusters in leaf axils near the ends of branches on a peduncle covered with bracts. The petals form a cylindrical tube with the stamens and style protruding above the petal lobes. [2] [3]

Taxonomy

Epacris exserta was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen . [4] [5] The specific epithet (exserta) means "protruding". [6]

Distribution and habitat

This epacris grows on the banks of the South Esk, North Esk and Supply Rivers in northern Tasmania. [2] [3] [7]

Conservation status

Epacris exserta is listed as "endangered" under the Australian Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and the Tasmanian Government Threatened Species Protection Act 1995 . The main threats to the species are land clearing, changes in river flow regimes, weed invasion and inappropriate fire regimes. [2] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Epacris exserta". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Epacris exserta" (PDF). Tasmanian Government Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "Threatened Tasmanian Forest Epacrids" (PDF). Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
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  5. Brown, Robert (1810). Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae. London. p. 551. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  6. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 175. ISBN   9780958034180.
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