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Styphelia decussata

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Species of plant

Styphelia decussata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Styphelia
Species: S. decussata
Binomial name
Styphelia decussata
Hislop, Crayn & Puente-Lel.
Synonyms

Leucopogon tamminensis var. australis E.Pritz.

Styphelia decussata is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.

It is a slender shrub with many branches, overlapping triangular to egg-shaped leaves, and white, tube-shaped flowers arranged singly in upper leaf axils. It was first formally described in 1904 by Ernst Georg Pritzel who gave it the name Leucopogon tamminensis var. australis in Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie.

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 australis was used for a different species, (Styphelia australis (R.Br.) F.Muell., now known as Leucopogon australis R.Br.) the species was given the name Styphelia decussata.

Styphelia decussata is widely distributed between Corrigin, Boxwood Hill and Munglinup in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains and Mallee of south-western Western Australia.

References

  1. ^ "Styphelia decussata".
  2. Strid, Arne K. (1986). "New Species of Leucopogon and Conostephium (Epacridaceae) from SW Australia". Willdenowia. 16: 175–177. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  3. Pritzel, Ernst G. (1904). Diels, Friedrich L.E.; Pritzel, Ernst G. (eds.). "Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse". Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie. 35 (2–3): 479. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  4. "Leucopogon australis". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  5. "Styphelia decussata". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  6. Hislop, Michael; Nguyen, H.K. (2022). "A taxonomic review of the Styphelia tamminensis subgroup (Ericaceae: Epacridoideae: Styphelieae)". Nuytsia. 33: 289. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
Taxon identifiers
Styphelia decussata
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