Leucopogon gracillimus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Leucopogon |
| Species: | L. gracillimus
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Leucopogon gracillimus is a shrub in the family Ericaceae. It is native to Western Australia.[4]
Description
[edit]Leucopogon gracillimus is an erect slender shrub, growing to heights of from 0.2 m to 1.5 m high. Its white flowers are seen from May to September.[4]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]It is found in the IBRA Regions of: Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, and the Swan Coastal Plain, growing on sandy and gravelly soils, on plains, low ridges, seasonally wet flats, and outcrops.[4]
Taxonomy
[edit]It was first described in 1839 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle.[1][2] The specific epithet, gracillimus, derives from the Latin adjective, gracilis ("slender") and describes the plant as being very slender.[5]
References
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- ^ a b "Leucopogon gracillimus". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ^ a b Candolle, A.P. de (1839). Candolle, A.P. de (ed.). "Epacridaceae". Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis. 7 (2): 747.
- ^ "Leucopogon gracillimus". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ a b c "Leucopogon gracillimus". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ Backer, C.A. (1936). "Verklarend woordenboek der wetenschappelijke namen van de in Nederland en Nederlandsch-Indië in het wild groeiende en in tuinen en parken gekweekte varens en hoogere planten (Edition Nicoline van der Sijs).] (Explanatory dictionary of the scientific names of .. plants grown in the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies...)". p. 745.