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Styphelia hamulosa

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Styphelia hamulosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Styphelia
Species:
S. hamulosa
Binomial name
Styphelia hamulosa
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms[1]

Leucopogon hamulosus E.Pritz.

Styphelia hamulosa is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It was first formally described in 1904 by Ernst Georg Pritzel who gave it the name Leucopogon hamulosus in Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie from specimens he collected near Mingenew.[2] In 1963, Hermann Otto Sleumer transferred the species to Styphelia as S. hamulosa in the journal Blumea.[1] The specific epithet (hamulosa) means "having small hooks" referring to the tips of the leaves.[3]

Styphelia hamulosa occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Mallee, Murchison and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia and is listed as "not threatened", by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Styphelia hamulosa". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  2. ^ Pritzel, Ernst G. (1904). "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): 478. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  3. ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 214. ISBN 9780958034180.
  4. ^ "Styphelia hamulosa". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.