Styphelia densifolia | |
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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: | Styphelia |
Species: | S. densifolia
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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]