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Styphelia deserticola

Styphelia deserticola is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to inland Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with sharply-pointed, narrowly egg-shaped leaves and white or pale cream-coloured, tube-shaped flowers usually arranged in groups of 2 or 3 in leaf axils.

Styphelia deserticola

Priority Two — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Styphelia
Species:
S. deserticola
Binomial name
Styphelia deserticola
Hislop[1]

Description edit

Styphelia deserticola is an erect shrub that typically grows to a 90 cm (35 in) high and wide. The leaves are narrowly egg-shaped, 5–9.5 mm (0.20–0.37 in) long, 1.0–2.1 mm (0.039–0.083 in) wide, the edges curved down and sharply-pointed on a petiole 0.3–0.6 mm (0.012–0.024 in) long. The flowers are usually arranged in groups of 2 or 3 in leaf axils, with bracts 0.5–0.7 mm (0.020–0.028 in) long and egg-shaped bracteoles 0.9–1.2 mm (0.035–0.047 in) long at the base. The sepals are egg-shaped or narrowly egg-shaped, 2.0–2.6 mm (0.079–0.102 in) long, pale greenish to straw-coloured. The petals are white or pale cream-coloured, and joined at the base to form a tube 1.2–2.0 mm (0.047–0.079 in) long, the lobes 3.2–4.5 mm (0.13–0.18 in) long and bearded inside. Flowering occurs between March and August and the fruit is an elliptic drupe 4.4–6.0 mm (0.17–0.24 in) long.[2][3]

Taxonomy and naming edit

Styphelia deserticola was first formally described in 2020 by Michael Hislop in the journal Swainsona from specimens collected in the Great Victoria Desert in 2010.[4] The specific epithet (deserticola) means "desert-inhabitant".[2]

Distribution and habitat edit

This styphelia grows in the Great Victoria Desert and areas further east in the Coolgardie and Great Victoria Desert bioregions of inland Western Australia.[2][3]

Conservation status edit

Styphelia deserticola is classified as "Priority Two" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions,[3] meaning that it is poorly known and from only one or a few locations.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Styphelia deserticola".
  2. ^ a b c Hislop, Michael (2020). "A taxonomic review of the Styphelia intertexta group (Ericaceae: Epacridoideae: Styphelieae)" (PDF). Swainsona. 33: 64–66. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Styphelia deserticola". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  4. ^ "Leucopogon deserticola". APNI. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 27 November 2023.

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