Leucopogon amplectens: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Ericales
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Leucopogon
- Species
- Leucopogon amplectens
- Scientific Name
- Leucopogon amplectens
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Leucopogon amplectens
Leucopogon amplectens is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 30–75 cm (12–30 in) and has tube-shaped, white flowers from April to June.
It was first formally described in 1921 by Carl Hansen Ostenfeld in the journal Biologiske meddelelser, Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab from specimens collected near Tammin. The specific epithet (amplectens) means "embracing", referring to the leaves.
Leucopogon amplectens grows in sandy soils in the Avon Wheatbelt and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia and is listed as "Priority Two" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, meaning that it is poorly known and from only one or a few locations.
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Sibling Taxa
- Leucopogon acicularis
- Leucopogon affinis
- Leucopogon alternifolius
- Leucopogon altissimus
- Leucopogon amplectens
- Leucopogon amplexicaulis
- Leucopogon apiculatus
- Leucopogon assimilis
- Leucopogon atherolepis
- Leucopogon audax
- Leucopogon australis
- Leucopogon borealis
- Leucopogon bossiaea
- Leucopogon bracteolaris
- Leucopogon canaliculatus
- Leucopogon capitellatus
- Leucopogon carinatus
- Leucopogon cinereus
- Leucopogon cochlearifolius
- Leucopogon collinus
- Leucopogon compactus
- Leucopogon concurvus
- Leucopogon cordatus
- Leucopogon corymbiformis
- Leucopogon costatus
- Leucopogon cryptanthus
- Leucopogon cucullatus
- Leucopogon darlingensis
- Leucopogon decrescens
- Leucopogon denticulatus
- Leucopogon distans
- Leucopogon diversifolius
- Leucopogon elatior
- Leucopogon elegans
- Leucopogon extremus
- Leucopogon fasciculatus
- Leucopogon fimbriatus
- Leucopogon florulentus
- Leucopogon foliosus
- Leucopogon gelidus
- Leucopogon gibbosus
- Leucopogon gilbertii
- Leucopogon glabellus
- Leucopogon glacialis
- Leucopogon gnaphalioides
- Leucopogon gracilis
- Leucopogon gracillimus
- Leucopogon grammatus
- Leucopogon hirsutus
- Leucopogon incisus
- Leucopogon inflexus
- Leucopogon infuscatus
- Leucopogon interruptus
- Leucopogon interstans
- Leucopogon lasiophyllus
- Leucopogon lasiostachys
- Leucopogon lloydiorum
- Leucopogon maritimus
- Leucopogon microphyllus
- Leucopogon mollis
- Leucopogon neurophyllus
- Leucopogon nitidus
- Leucopogon obovatus
- Leucopogon obtusatus
- Leucopogon oldfieldii
- Leucopogon oliganthus
- Leucopogon opponens
- Leucopogon oppositifolius
- Leucopogon oreophilus
- Leucopogon ozothamnoides
- Leucopogon paradoxus
- Leucopogon parviflorus
- Leucopogon phyllostachys
- Leucopogon pilifer
- Leucopogon pimeleoides
- Leucopogon plumuliflorus
- Leucopogon polymorphus
- Leucopogon polystachyus
- Leucopogon prolatus
- Leucopogon psammophilus
- Leucopogon pulchellus
- Leucopogon reflexus
- Leucopogon remotus
- Leucopogon rodwayi
- Leucopogon rubricaulis
- Leucopogon rugulosus
- Leucopogon simulans
- Leucopogon spectabilis
- Leucopogon sprengelioides
- Leucopogon squarrosus
- Leucopogon stenophyllus
- Leucopogon stokesii
- Leucopogon strictus
- Leucopogon subsejunctus
- Leucopogon tamariscinus
- Leucopogon tenuicaulis
- Leucopogon tenuis
- Leucopogon tetragonus
- Leucopogon thymifolius
- Leucopogon unilateralis
- Leucopogon validus
- Leucopogon verticillatus
- Leucopogon virgatus
- Leucopogon wheelerae
- Leucopogon xerampelinus