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Styphelia tecta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Styphelia
Species: S. tecta
Binomial name
Styphelia tecta
(R.Br.) Spreng.
Synonyms
  • Astroloma tectum R.Br.
  • Astroloma latifolium Sond.
  • Styphelia platyphylla F.Muell.

Styphelia tecta is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is a shrub with egg-shaped to broadly lance-shaped leaves and white, tube-shaped flowers with bearded lobes.

Description

Styphelia tecta is a shrub that typically grows up to 30 cm (12 in) high and has a thick, woody trunk has many thick stems. The leaves are egg-shaped to broadly lance-shaped, almost overlapping, 13–19 mm (0.51–0.75 in) long with a short, sharply-pointed tip. The flowers are scarcely longer than the leaves, with bracteoles nearly 4 mm (0.16 in) long at the base. The sepals are 8.5–11 mm (0.33–0.43 in) long, and the petals are white, 13–15 mm (0.51–0.59 in) long and joined at the base forming a tube with bearded lobes.

Taxonomy

This species was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown who gave it the name Astroloma tectum in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. In 1824, Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel transferred the species to Styphelia as S. tecta. The specific epithet (tecta) means "hidden" or "concealed", referring to the inconspicuous flowers.

Distribution

This species grows in the Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Mallee bioregions of southern Western Australia.

Conservation status

Styphelia striata is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.

References

  1. ^ "Styphelia tecta". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  2. Bentham, George (1868). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 4. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 154. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  3. "Astroloma tectum". APNI. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  4. Brown, Robert (1810). Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. London. p. 538. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  5. "Styphelia tecta". APNI. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  6. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 320. ISBN 9780958034180.
  7. ^ "Styphelia tecta". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
Taxon identifiers
Styphelia tecta
Astroloma tectum
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