Leucopogon rigidus

Leucopogon rigidus is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia.[2] It was first formally described in 1839 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in his Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis from an unpublished description by Allan Cunningham.[3][4] The specific epithet (rigidus) means "hard" or "stiff", probably referring to the branchlets.[5] Leucopogon rigidus is found in the Esperance Plains bioregion of southern Western Australia and is listed (as Styphelia rigida) as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[2]

Leucopogon rigidus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Leucopogon
Species:
L. rigidus
Binomial name
Leucopogon rigidus
Occurrence data from AVH

References

  1. "Leucopogon rigidus". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  2. "Styphelia rigida". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. "Leucopogon rigidus". APNI. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  4. de Candolle, Pyramus A. (1839). Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis. Vol. 7. Paris. p. 753. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  5. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 295. ISBN 9780958034180.


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