Styphelia nitens | |
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In Bedfordale | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Ericaceae |
Genus: | Styphelia |
Species: | S. nitens
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Binomial name | |
Styphelia nitens | |
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Occurrence data from AVH | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Leucopogon nutans E.Pritz. |
Styphelia nitens 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 that was first formally described in 1904 by Ernst Georg Pritzel in Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie from specimens collected in Darlington (now a suburb of Perth). [2] [3] In 1964, Hermann Otto Sleumer transferred the species to Styphelia, but since the name S. nutans referred to a different species (now known as Trochocarpa nutans ) [4] the new species was given the name S. nitens. [1] The original specific epithet (nutans) means "nodding". [5]
Styphelia nitens is found in the Avon Wheatbelt and Jarrah Forest bioregions of south-western Western Australia and is listed as "not threatened", by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. [6]