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Styphelia densifolia

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Styphelia densifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Styphelia
Species:
S. densifolia
Binomial name
Styphelia densifolia
Synonyms[1]

Leucopogon flavescens var. brevifolius Benth.

Styphelia densifolia is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with erect branches, crowded, erect, oblong leaves 4–6.5 mm (0.16–0.26 in) long and striated on the lower surface, and white, tube-shaped flowers arranged singly in upper leaf axils.[2]

It was first formally described in 1868 by George Bentham who gave it the name Leucopogon flavescens var. brevifolius in his Flora Australiensis from specimens collected by James Drummond.[3][2]

In 2020, Michael Clyde Hislop, Darren M. Crayn and Caroline Puente-Lelievre transferred it to the genus Styphelia and raised it to species status. Since the name Styphelia flavescens was used for a different species, (Styphelia flavescens (Sond.) F.Muell.)[4] the species was given the name Styphelia densifolia.[1]

Styphelia densifolia occurs between Jerramungup and Jerdacuttup in the Esperance Plains bioregion of south-western Western Australia.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Styphelia densifolia".
  2. ^ a b Bentham, George (1868). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 4. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 213. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Leucopogon flavescens var. brevifolius". APNI. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Styphelia flavescens". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Styphelia densifolia". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.