Styphelia ericoides

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Pink beard-heath
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Styphelia
Species:
S. ericoides
Binomial name
Styphelia ericoides
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Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms [1]
  • Leucopogon ericoides(Sm.) R.Br.
  • Epacris spuria Cav.
  • Leucopogon milliganii Gand. nom. illeg.
  • Leucopogon obovatus DC.
  • Leucopogon trichocarpus(Labill.) R.Br.
  • Styphelia spuria(Cav.) Poir.
  • Styphelia trichocarpaLabill.

Styphelia ericoides, commonly known as the pink beard-heath, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a slender shrub with oblong leaves, and white to pinkish, tube-shaped flowers.

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Description

Styphelia ericoides is a slender shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.3–2 m (1 ft 0 in – 6 ft 7 in), its branchlets softly hairy. The leaves are oblong, sometimes elliptic, 3–15 mm (0.12–0.59 in) long, 1.0–2.5 mm (0.039–0.098 in) wide and sessile, the upper surface dished, often with the edges curved downwards, and with a small point up to 1 mm (0.039 in) long on the tip. The flowers are white to pale pink and arranged on peduncles 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) long in upper leaf axils, forming a spike 3–9 mm (0.12–0.35 in) long with egg-shaped bracteoles 1.0–1.5 mm (0.039–0.059 in) long. The sepals are egg-shaped, 1.4–2.1 mm (0.055–0.083 in) long, the petals joined at the base to form a tube 1.5–2.2 mm (0.059–0.087 in) long, the lobes 1.4–2.0 mm (0.055–0.079 in) long and softly-hairy inside. Flowering occurs from July to October and is followed by an often-curved oval drupe 2.4–5.7 mm (0.094–0.224 in) long. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Taxonomy

Styphelia ericoides was first formally described by James Edward Smith in A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland . [6] The specific epithet (ericoides) means " Erica -like". [7]

Distribution and habitat

Pink beard-heath is widespread and common in south-east Queensland, the coast, tablelands and slopes of eastern New South Wales, southern Victoria, the far south-east of South Australia and Tasmania, where it grows in heath, forest and woodland. [2] [3] [4] [8]

Ecology

In the Sydney region, S. ericoides is associated with Sydney peppermint ( Eucalyptus piperita ), scribbly gum ( E. sclerophylla ) and narrow-leaved apple ( Angophora bakeri ). Plants live between five and twenty years, are killed by fire and regenerate from seed which lies dormant in the soil. Bees seek out the flowers for their nectar. [5]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 Powell, Jocelyn M. "Leucopogon ericoides". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Leucopogon ericoides". State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  4. 1 2 Powell, Jocelyn M.; Walsh, Neville G.; Brown, Elizabeth M. "Styphelia ericoides". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  5. 1 2 Benson, Doug; McDougall, Lyn (1995). "Ecology of Sydney plant species Part 3: Dicotyledon families Cabombaceae to Eupomatiaceae". Cunninghamia. 4 (2): 368. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  6. ↑ "Styphelia ericoides". APNI. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  7. ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 193. ISBN   9780958034180.
  8. ↑ Jordan, Greg. "Leucopogon ericoides". University of Tasmania. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
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