Leucopogon reflexus

Leucopogon reflexus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Leucopogon
Species:	L. reflexus
Binomial name
	Leucopogon reflexus; R.Br.
	Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms
	Leucopogon corifolius Endl. ; Styphelia corifolia(Endl.) F.Muell. ; Styphelia reflexa(R.Br.) Spreng. nom. illeg. ;

Last updated July 09, 2023

Leucopogon reflexus, commonly known as heart-leaf beard-heath,^[2] is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with small, usually downturned leaves and short, dense spikes of tube-shaped, white flowers.

Description

Leucopogon reflexus is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 30–70 cm (12–28 in) and has thin, wand-like branches and hairy young branchlets. Its leaves are usually down-turned, egg-shaped to lance-shaped, and 2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) long. The flowers are borne in leaf axils and on the ends of branches in short, dense spikes. There are small bracts, and bracteoles about as long as the sepals. The sepals are lance-shaped, about 3 mm (0.12 in) long, the petals white and joined at the base, forming a tube shorter than the sepals, the lobes about 2 mm (0.079 in) long. Flowering occurs from July to November.^[2]^[3]

Taxonomy

Leucopogon reflexus was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen .^[4]^[5] The specific epithet (reflexus) means "reflexed" or "curved backwards", referring to the leaves.^[6]

Distribution and habitat

Heart-leaf beard-heath grows on coastal dunes, granite outcrops and winter-wet areas in the Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren bioregions of south-western Western Australia.^[2]

Conservation status

Leucopogon reflexus is listed as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.^[2]

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References

1 2 "Leucopogon reflexus". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
1 2 3 4 "Leucopogon reflexus". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
↑ Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1868). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 4. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 188. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
↑ "Leucopogon reflexus". APNI. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
↑ Brown, Robert (1810). Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. London. p. 544. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 292. ISBN 9780958034180.

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[APC-1] 1 2 "Leucopogon reflexus". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 26 April 2023.

[FB-2] 1 2 3 4 "Leucopogon reflexus". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.

[Benth.-3] Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1868). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 4. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 188. Retrieved 26 April 2023.

[APNI-4] "Leucopogon reflexus". APNI. Retrieved 26 April 2023.

[R.Br.-5] Brown, Robert (1810). Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. London. p. 544. Retrieved 26 April 2023.

[Sharr-6] Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 292. ISBN 9780958034180.

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