Styphelia malayana

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Styphelia malayana
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Styphelia
Species:
S. malayana
Binomial name
Styphelia malayana
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Occurrence data from GBIF
Synonyms [1]
  • Leucopogon malayanusJack
  • Styphelia malaica Spreng.

Styphelia malayana is a plant in the family Ericaceae native to Cambodia, Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. [1] It was first formally described in 1820 as Leucopogon malayanum by William Jack in Malayan Miscellanies , who "found (it) abundantly at Singapore". [1] [2] In 1912, Johannes Jacobus Smith transferred the species to Styphelia as S. malayana. [1]

The names of two subspecies are accepted by Plants of the World Online:

Description

Styphelia malayana subsp. novoguineensis

This plant is usually found as a small multistemmed windswept tree but also occurs as a shrub. The leaves may be stalked or without stalks and vary considerably in size (40-120 mm by 8-20 mm). There are about 8-12 parallel leaf veins but no obvious midrib. The flowers occur in spikes and the calyx lobes are about 2 by 1.9 mm and have hairy margins. The stamen filaments are about 1.5 mm long with anthers about 0.6 by 0.2 mm. The ovary has 8-10 locules. The fruits are squashed globules (about 5-6 by 7-9 mm diameter), and the calyx persists at the base. This subspecies is found only in north-east Queensland and New Guinea. [5]

Styphelia malayana subsp. malayana

This subspecies is called Styphelia malayana var. malayana by Hermann Sleumer. It differs from S. malayana subsp. novoguineensis in that it does not have the long hairs at the top of the ovary and at the base of the style of S. malayana subsp. novoguineensis. Additionally, the ranges of the two subspecies do not overlap. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Styphelia malayana". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  2. Jack, W. (1820). "Descriptions of Malayan plants No. 2". Malayan Miscellanies. 1 (5): 20. 
  3. "Styphelia malayana subsp. novoguineensis". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  4. "Styphelia malayana subsp. malayana". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  5. F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Leucopogon malayanus subsp. novoguineensis". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government . Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  6. Pedley, L. (1990). "Notes on Leucopogon R.Br. (Epacridaceae) in Queensland". Austrobaileya. 3 (2): 265–271. doi:10.5962/p.365746. JSTOR   41738761.