Styphelia planifolia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Ericaceae |
Genus: | Styphelia |
Species: | S. planifolia |
Binomial name | |
Styphelia planifolia | |
Occurrence data from AVH | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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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.
Styphelia planifolia is a bushy shrub with narrowly oblong or lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, 6.3–13 mm (0.25–0.51 in) long, with a small, sharp point on the tip. The flowers are borne in pairs or threes in leaf axils with tiny bracts, and blunt bracteoles less than half as long as the sepals. The sepals are about 2.0–2.6 mm (0.079–0.102 in) long, the petals white and joined at the base, forming a tube slightly shorter than the sepals, the petal lobes almost as long as the petal tube. [2]
This species was first formally described in 1845 by Otto Wilhelm Sonder who gave it the name Leucopogon planifolius in Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae from specimens collected near York in 1840. [3] [4] That name was accepted until 2020, the species was transferred to the genus Styphelia as S. planifolia, based on the phylogenetic studies of Darren Crayn, Michael Hislop and Caroline Puente-Lelièvre in Australian Systematic Botany . [5]
Styphelia planifolia is found in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia. [6]
This styphelia is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. [6]
Leucopogon is a genus of about 150-160 species of shrubs or small trees in the family Ericaceae, in the section of that family formerly treated as the separate family Epacridaceae. They are native to Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, the western Pacific Islands and Malaysia, with the greatest species diversity in southeastern Australia. Plants in this genus have leaves with a few more or less parallel veins, and tube-shaped flowers usually with a white beard inside.
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.
Styphelia foliosa, commonly known as candle cranberry, is a small shrub species in the family Ericaceae. It is endemic to the Perth region in Western Australia.
Leucopogon sprengelioides is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae, and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with stem-clasping, egg-shaped or lance-shaped leaves and short, dense spikes of white, tube-shaped flowers.
Styphelia conostephioides is a plant in the family Ericaceae native to Western Australia. It was first described in 1839 as Leucopogon conostephioides by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle. In 1867 Ferdinand von Mueller transferred it to the genus, Styphelia, but the accepted name continued to be Leucopogon conostephioides. However in 2020, with a publication concerning the phylogeny of Styphelia by Crayn and others, the name Styphelia conostephioides was accepted by the Herbarium of Western Australia.
Styphelia crassifolia is a plant in the family Ericaceae native to Western Australia. It was first described in 1845 as Leucopogon crassifolius by Otto Wilhelm Sonder. In 1867 Ferdinand von Mueller transferred it to the genus, Styphelia, but the accepted name continued to be Leucopogon crassifolius. However, in 2020, with a publication concerning the phylogeny of Styphelia by Crayn and others, the name Styphelia crassifolia was accepted by the Herbarium of Western Australia.
Leucopogon polymorphus is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to near-coastal areas of south-western Western Australia. It is a shrub with egg-shaped to lance-shaped or almost linear leaves and short, dense spines of white, tube-shaped flowers.
Styphelia stomarrhena is a small shrub species in the family Ericaceae. It is found in Western Australia.
Styphelia tortifolia is a small shrub species in the family Ericaceae. It is found in Western Australia.
Coleanthera is a plant genus in the family Ericaceae. The genus is endemic to Western Australia, and is currently accepted by Plants of the World online, and the Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, but not by the Western Australian Herbarium, where it has been subsumed into the genus, Styphelia, for the phylogenetic reasons given by Darren M. Crayn, Michael Hislop and Caroline Puente-Lelièvre.
Styphelia coelophylla is a plant in the family Ericaceae native to Western Australia. It was first described as Leucopogon coelophyllus in 1839 by Allan Cunningham, but based on the phylogenetic studies of Darren Crayn, Michael Hislop and Caroline Puente-Lelièvre in 2020 it was moved to the genus, Styphelia, and Styphelia coelophylla is the name accepted by the WA herbarium.
Styphelia stricta is a small plant in the family Ericaceae. It is endemic to Western Australia.
Leucopogon elatior 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, erect or straggly shrub with broadly egg-shaped leaves, and white, tube-shaped flowers.
Leucopogon elegans is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a spreading shrub with egg-shaped leaves, and white or pink, tube-shaped flowers densely bearded on the inside.
Leucopogon flavescens 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 with oblong leaves and white, tube-shaped flowers that are densely bearded on the inside.
Leucopogon hirsutus is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to southern continental Australia. It is a low-lying or straggling shrub with elliptic to oblong leaves and inconspicuous, white, bell-shaped flowers.
Conostephium preissii is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with many stems, egg-shaped to oblong leaves and white and purplish to reddish-pink flowers.
Leucopogon ovalifolius 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 or straggling shrub that typically grows to a height of 1–2 ft (0.30–0.61 m). Its leaves are egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 4.2–6.3 mm (0.17–0.25 in) long and sessile. The flowers are arranged in pairs or threes in leaf axils on a short peduncle with tiny bracts, and bracteoles less than half as long as the sepals. The sepals are about 2 mm (0.079 in) long, the petals 4.2–5.3 mm (0.17–0.21 in) long and joined at the base, the lobes longer than the petal tube.
Leucopogon oxycedrus 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 variably-shaped leaves with a small, sharp point on the tip, and white, pink or red, tube-shaped flowers.
Leucopogon tetragonus is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae, and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is a robust shrub with crowded, often decussate, oblong to lance-shaped leaves and short, dense spikes of white, tube-shaped flowers.