Cryptandra leucopogon
| Cryptandra leucopogon | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rhamnaceae |
| Genus: | Cryptandra |
| Species: | C. leucopogon
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| Binomial name | |
| Cryptandra leucopogon | |
Cryptandra leucopogon is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 5–20 cm (2.0–7.9 in) and has white to cream-coloured flowers from July to October.[2] It was first formally described in 1848 by Siegfried Reissek in Plantae Preissianae from an unpublished description by Carl Meissner.[3][4] The specific epithet (leucopogon) means "white beard".[5]
This cryptandra grows on undulating plains in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Cryptandra leucopogon". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ^ a b "Cryptandra leucopogon". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Cryptandra leucopogon". APNI. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ^ Reissek, Siegfried; Lehmann, Johann G.C. (1848). Plantae Preissianae. Vol. 2. Hamburg: Sumptibus Meissneri. pp. 287–288. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 239. ISBN 9780958034180.