Epacris virgata

Epacris virgata
	In the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Epacris
Species:	E. virgata
Binomial name
	Epacris virgata; Hook.f.

Last updated December 28, 2025

Epacris virgata is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to Tasmania.^[1] It was first formally described in 1847 by Joseph Dalton Hooker in the London Journal of Botany.^[2]^[3]

References

1 2 "Epacris virgata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
↑ "Epacris virgata". APNI. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
↑ Hooker, Joseph D. (1847). Hooker, William J. (ed.). "Florae Tasmaniae Spicilegium: or, Contributions towards a Flora of Van Diemen's Land". London Journal of Botany. 6: 271. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

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[APC-1] 1 2 "Epacris virgata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

[APNI-2] "Epacris virgata". APNI. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

[Hook.f.-3] Hooker, Joseph D. (1847). Hooker, William J. (ed.). "Florae Tasmaniae Spicilegium: or, Contributions towards a Flora of Van Diemen's Land". London Journal of Botany. 6: 271. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

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