Styphelia nitens

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

Leucopogon nutans E.Pritz.

Styphelia nitens is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub that was first formally described in 1904 by Ernst Georg Pritzel in Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie from specimens collected in Darlington (now a suburb of Perth).[2][3] In 1964, Hermann Otto Sleumer transferred the species to Styphelia, but since the name S. nutans referred to a different species (now known as Trochocarpa nutans )[4] the new species was given the name S. nitens.[1] The original specific epithet (nutans) means "nodding".[5]

Styphelia nitens is found in the Avon Wheatbelt and Jarrah Forest bioregions of south-western Western Australia and is listed as "not threatened", by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Styphelia nitens". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Leucopogon nutans". APNI. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  3. ^ 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): 477. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Trochocarpa nutans". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  5. ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 262. ISBN 9780958034180.
  6. ^ "Styphelia nitens". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.


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