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Cryptandra leucopogon

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Cryptandra leucopogon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rhamnaceae
Genus: Cryptandra
Species:
C. leucopogon
Binomial name
Cryptandra leucopogon

Cryptandra leucopogon is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 5–20 cm (2.0–7.9 in) and has white to cream-coloured flowers from July to October.[2] It was first formally described in 1848 by Siegfried Reissek in Plantae Preissianae from an unpublished description by Carl Meissner.[3][4] The specific epithet (leucopogon) means "white beard".[5]

This cryptandra grows on undulating plains in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Cryptandra leucopogon". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Cryptandra leucopogon". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. ^ "Cryptandra leucopogon". APNI. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  4. ^ Reissek, Siegfried; Lehmann, Johann G.C. (1848). Plantae Preissianae. Vol. 2. Hamburg: Sumptibus Meissneri. pp. 287–288. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  5. ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 239. ISBN 9780958034180.