Leucopogon propinquus
In Porongurup National Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Leucopogon
Species:
L. propinquus
Binomial name
Leucopogon propinquus
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms[1]

Leucopogon propinquus is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, rigid shrub with linear leaves and white, tube-shaped flowers usually arranged in pairs or threes in leaf axils.

Description

Leucopogon propinquus is a rigid, erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 1.0–1.2 m (3 ft 3 in – 3 ft 11 in). Its leaves are rigid, linear, 1.3–2.5 mm (0.051–0.098 in) long with a rigid point on the end. The flowers are borne in leaf axils in pairs or threes, sometimes 4 or 5, on a short peduncle with small bracts, and bracteoles less than half as long as the sepals and with a rigid point on the tip. The sepals are about 3.2 mm (0.13 in) long, the petals white and joined at the base, forming a tube shorter than the sepals, the petal lobes longer than the petal tube and rolled back.[2][3]

Taxonomy

Leucopogon propinquus was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen .[4][5] The specific epithet (propinquus) means "related to".[6]

Distribution

Leucopogon propinquus is found in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren bioregions of south-western Western Australia.[3]

Conservation status

This leucopogon is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Leucopogon propinquus". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  2. ↑ Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1868). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 4. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 210. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 "Leucopogon propinquus". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  4. ↑ "Leucopogon propinquus". APNI. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  5. ↑ Brown, Robert (1810). Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. London. p. 543. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  6. ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 284. ISBN 9780958034180.
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