Biology:Leucopogon rufus
| Leucopogon rufus | |
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| In the Onkaparinga River National Park | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Leucopogon |
| Species: | L. rufus
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| Binomial name | |
| Leucopogon rufus Lindl.[1]
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Leucopogon rufus, commonly known as spoon-leaf beard-heath[2] or ruddy bearded-heath,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is an erect shrub with erect to spreading, egg-shaped leaves and white, tube-shaped flowers arranged in spikes in two to five leaf axils near the ends of branches.
Description
Leucopogon rufus is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 30–60 cm (12–24 in), its young branchlets sometimes covered with fine, soft hairs. The leaves are egg-shaped and erect to spreading, 6–12 mm (0.24–0.47 in) long and 2–5 mm (0.079–0.197 in) wide. The leaves are sometimes glabrous, otherwise covered with soft hairs, the lower side a paler shade of green, and there is a sharp bristle on the tip. The flowers are borne in spikes in two to five upper leaf axils, the spikes 6–9 mm (0.24–0.35 in) long, with egg-shaped to almost round bracteoles 1.4–2.0 mm (0.055–0.079 in) long at the base. The sepals are narrowly egg-shaped, 3.1–4.6 mm (0.12–0.18 in) long, the petals white, 5.3–6.6 mm (0.21–0.26 in) long and joined at the base, forming a tube, the lobes shorter than the petal tube. Flowering occurs from November to March, and the fruit is about 6 mm (0.24 in) long.[2][3][4]
Taxonomy
Leucopogon rufus was first formally described in 1838 by John Lindley in Thomas Mitchell's journal, Three Expeditions into the interior of Eastern Australia.[5] The specific epithet (rufus) means "reddish".[6]
Distribution and habitat
Spoon-leaf beard-heath occurs in scattered populations in northern and north-eastern Victoria, extending into south-eastern South Australia and the far south of New South Wales. In usually grows in heath, but is also found in open forest and mallee scrub.[2][3][4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Leucopogon rufus". https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/67777. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Powell, Jocelyn M.; Walsh, Neville G.; Brown, Elizabeth A.. "Styphelia rufa". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/b28e0d75-87e8-4d2e-a23a-54ee7f7ed1e8.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Leucopogon rufus". State Herbarium of South Australia. http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/speciesfacts_display.cgi?form=speciesfacts&name=Leucopogon_rufus.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Brown, Elizabeth A.. "Leucopogon rufus". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Leucopogon~rufus.
- ↑ "Leucopogon rufus". APNI. https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/476362. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ↑ William T. Stearn (1992). Botanical Latin. History, grammar, syntax, terminology and vocabulary (4th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. p. 485.
Wikidata ☰ Q17241533 entry
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