Baeckea leptophylla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Baeckea
Species:
B. leptophylla
Binomial name
Baeckea leptophylla
Synonyms[1]

Harmogia leptophylla Turcz.

Baeckea leptophylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is native to Western Australia.[2]

The species was first formally described in 1852 by Nikolai Turczaninow who gave it the name Harmogia leptophylla in the Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg from specimens collected by James Drummond.[3][4] In 1923, Karel Domin changed the name to Baeckea leptophylla.[5] The specific epithet (leptophylla) means "thin-leaved".[6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Baeckea leptophylla". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  2. "Baeckea leptophylla". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. "Harmogia leptophylla". APNI. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  4. Turczaninow, Nikolai (1852). "Myrtaceae Xerocarpicae in Nova Hollandia a cl. Drummond lectae et plerumque in collectione ejus quinta distributae, determinatae et descriptae". Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg. 10: 330. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  5. "Baeckea leptophylla". APNI. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  6. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 238. ISBN 9780958034180.
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