Styphelia oblongifolia

Last updated

Styphelia oblongifolia
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Styphelia
Species:
S. oblongifolia
Binomial name
Styphelia oblongifolia
Synonyms [1]

Astroloma oblongifoliumA.J.G.Wilson & Hislop

Styphelia oblongifolia is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an open or straggling shrub with erect, narrowly oblong leaves and pale yellow, tube-shaped flowers.

Contents

Description

Styphelia oblongifolia is an open or straggling to erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 30 cm (12 in), its young branchlets densely covered with white hairs. The leaves are crowded, erect, narrowly oblong to narrowly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, sharply-pointed, 5–18 mm (0.20–0.71 in) long and 2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) wide and more or less glabrous. The lower surface of the leaves is a paler shade of green and the edges are rolled down to almost rolled under. The flowers are pale yellow, arranged singly in upper leaf axils with a broadly egg-shaped, glabrous bracteole 2.6–4.5 mm (0.10–0.18 in) long and 2.5–3.5 mm (0.098–0.138 in) wide. The sepals are broadly egg-shaped, 5.5–10.5 mm (0.22–0.41 in) long and 2.6–3.7 mm (0.10–0.15 in) wide, pale yellow and hairy on the lower surface. The petals are joined at the base, forming a tube 6.0–9.5 mm (0.24–0.37 in) long, the lobes shorter than the petal tube. The style is 8.5–12 mm (0.33–0.47 in) long. Flowering mainly occurs in May and the fruit is elliptic about 5.5–6.5 mm (0.22–0.26 in) long and 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) wide. [2]

Taxonomy

This species was first formally described in 2013 by Annette Jane Gratton Wilson and Michael Clyde Hislop who gave it the name Astroloma oblongifolia in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected by Hislop in the South Eneabba Nature Reserve in 2010. [2] [3] In 2020, Hislop, Darren Crayn and Caroline Puente-Lelievre transferred A. oblongifolium to Styphelia as S. oblongifolium in the journal Australian Systematic Botany . [1] [4] The specific epithet (oblongifolium) means "oblong-leaved". [5]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia. [6]

Conservation status

Styphelia oblongifolia is listed as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. [6]

Related Research Articles

<i>Styphelia marginata</i> Species of shrub

Styphelia marginata, commonly known as thick-margined leucopogon, is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a dwarf shrub with lance-shaped leaves and white, tube-shaped flowers.

<i>Styphelia foliosa</i> Species of flowering plant

Styphelia foliosa, commonly known as candle cranberry, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to the Perth region of Western Australia.

<i>Styphelia planifolia</i> Species of shrub

Styphelia planifolia is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a bushy shrub with narrowly oblong or lance-shaped leaves with a small, sharp point on the tip, and white, tube-shaped flowers.

<i>Styphelia stomarrhena</i> Species of shrub

Styphelia stomarrhena is a small shrub species in the family Ericaceae. It is found in Western Australia.

<i>Styphelia tortifolia</i> Species of shrub

Styphelia tortifolia is a small shrub species in the family Ericaceae. It is found in Western Australia.

<i>Styphelia stricta</i> Species of flowering plant

Styphelia stricta is a small plant in the family Ericaceae. It is endemic to Western Australia.

<i>Styphelia grandiflora</i> Species of shrub

Styphelia grandiflora is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to Carnarvon National Park in south-eastern Queensland. It is a shrub with softly-hairy branchlets, oblong leaves and white flowers.

<i>Styphelia capillaris</i> Species of plant

Styphelia capillaris, commonly known as Horts' styphelia, is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to a small area of south-western Western Australia. It is a dense, spreading shrub with narrowly egg-shaped to narrowly elliptic leaves and white flowers arranged singly or in pairs in leaf axils.

Styphelia angustiflora is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to a small area near York, in the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, compact shrub with sharply-pointed, narrowly egg-shaped leaves and white, tube-shaped flowers.

Styphelia cernua is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to a small area of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with narrowly egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and white flowers arranged singly or in pairs in leaf axils.

Styphelia chlorantha is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to a small area of Western Australia. It is a low, spreading shrub with erect, narrowly egg-shaped to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and green, tube-shaped flowers arranged singly in leaf axils.

<i>Styphelia acervata</i> Species of plant

Styphelia acervata is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a dense, prostrate, mat-forming shrub with erect, narrowly egg-shaped leaves, and cream-coloured and greenish tube-shaped flowers.

<i>Styphelia ciliosa</i> Species of plant

Styphelia ciliosa is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to a small area of Western Australia. It is usually an erect shrub with narrowly elliptic to narrowly egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and white flowers usually arranged in pairs in leaf axils.

Styphelia decussata is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a slender shrub with many branches, overlapping triangular to egg-shaped leaves, and white, tube-shaped flowers arranged singly in upper leaf axils.

<i>Styphelia discolor</i> Species of plant

Styphelia discolor is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub, usually with prostrate stems and spreading, tapering linear leaves and almost sessile red flowers.

Styphelia disjuncta is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to a small area in the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with egg-shaped to narrowly egg-shaped leaves, and white, tube-shaped flowers arranged singly in leaf axils.

Styphelia filamentosa is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to a small area in the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low, compact, spreading shrub with egg-shaped to narrowly elliptic leaves, and white, tube-shaped flowers arranged singly, or in groups of up to four in leaf axils.

Styphelia filifolia 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 erect, linear leaves, and white, tube-shaped flowers arranged singly, or in groups of up to four in leaf axils.

Styphelia inopinata is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the west of Western Australia. It is a robust, spreading shrub with hairy young branchlets and usually erect, narrowly elliptic, sharply-pointed leaves and reddish pink, very narrowly bell-shaped flowers, usually arranged singly in leaf axils.

Styphelia longissima is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to a few places in the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with hairy young branchlets, stem-clasping, sharply-pointed, narrowly egg-shaped to narrowly elliptic leaves, and white, tube-shaped flowers.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Styphelia oblongifolia". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  2. 1 2 Wilson, Annette Jane Gratton; Hislop, Michael C. (2013). "Four new species of Astroloma (Ericaceae: Styphelioideae: Styphelieae) from Western Australia". Nuytsia. 23: 38–41. doi:10.58828/nuy00639 . Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "Astroloma oblongifolium". APNI. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  4. ↑ Crayn, Darren M.; Hislop, Michael C.; Puente-Lelièvre, Caroline (2020). "A phylogenetic recircumscription of Styphelia (Ericaceae, Epacridoideae, Styphelieae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 33 (2): 137. doi:10.1071/SB18050. ISSN   1030-1887. S2CID   211228418.
  5. ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 263. ISBN   9780958034180.
  6. 1 2 "Styphelia oblongifolia". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.