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Leucopogon obtusatus

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Leucopogon obtusatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Leucopogon
Species:
L. obtusatus
Binomial name
Leucopogon obtusatus
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms[1]
  • Leucopogon brevifolius Stschegl.
  • Leucopogon minutifolius W.Fitzg.
  • Leucopogon obtusatus Sond. var. obtusatus
  • Styphelia obtusata (Sond.) F.Muell.
  • Styphelia brachycephala auct. non (DC.) F.Muell.

Leucopogon obtusatus 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 that typically grows to a height of 0.25–1 m (9.8 in – 3 ft 3.4 in). Its leaves are sessile, egg-shaped to oblong, overlap each other and are about 2 mm (0.079 in) long. The flowers are arranged in short, dense spikes on the ends of branches or in upper leaf axils with leaf-like bracts and broad bracteoles less than half as long as the sepals. The sepals are about 2 mm (0.079 in) long, the petals about 4 mm (0.16 in) long and joined at the base, the lobes shorter than the petal tube.[2][3]

The species was first formally described in 1845 by Otto Wilhelm Sonder in Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae from specimens collected near York in 1839.[4] The specific epithet (obtusatus) means "blunt-possessing", referring to the leaf tips.[5]

Leucopogon obtusatus occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia and is listed "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Leucopogon obtusatus". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  2. ^ Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1868). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 4. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 204. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Leucopogon obtusatus". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  4. ^ "Leucopogon obtusatus". APNI. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  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.