Leucopogon crassiflorus

Leucopogon crassiflorus 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 few branches and that typically grows to a height of 30–60 cm (12–24 in). Its leaves are broadly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, to more or less round, 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) long with a stem-clasping base. The flowers are borne singly or in pairs in upper leaf axils on a short peduncle, sometimes in small clusters, and with small bracts and bracteoles at the base. The sepals are about 4 mm (0.16 in) long and the petals about 6.5 mm (0.26 in) long, the petal lobes longer than the petal tube.[2]

Leucopogon crassiflorus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Leucopogon
Species:
L. crassiflorus
Binomial name
Leucopogon crassiflorus
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms[1]
  • Leucopogon crassiflorus F.Muell. nom. inval., pro syn.
  • Styphelia crassiflora F.Muell.

The species was first formally described in 1868 by Ferdinand von Mueller who gave it the name Styphelia crassiflorus in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae.[3] In 1868, George Bentham changed the name to Leucopogon crassiflorus in Flora Australiensis.[4] The specific epithet (crassiflorus) means "thick-flowered".[5]

Leucopogon crassiflorus occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt and Geraldton Sandplains bioregions of south-western Western Australia and is listed (as Styphelia crassiflora) as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[6]

References
  1. "Leucopogon crassiflorus". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  2. Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1868). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 4. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. pp. 223–224. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  3. "Styphelia crassiflorus". APNI. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  4. "Leucopogon crassiflorus". APNI. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  5. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 172. ISBN 9780958034180.
  6. "Styphelia crassiflora". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.


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