Leucopogon propinquus

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.

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]

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. "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. "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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