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Leucopogon extremus

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Leucopogon extremus

Priority Two — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Leucopogon
Species:
L. extremus
Binomial name
Leucopogon extremus
Occurrence data from AVH

Leucopogon extremus is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to a restricted part of the Jarrah Forest bioregion in the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with "remarkably anomalous morphology.[2][3] The species was first formally described in 2012 by Michael Clyde Hislop and Caroline Puente-Lelièvre from specimens collected north-west of Collie in 2006. The specific epithet (extremus) refers to the "remarkably aberrant morphology" of the species.[4] It is listed as "Priority Two" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions,[2] meaning that it is poorly known and from only one or a few locations.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Leucopogon extremus". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Leucopogon extremus". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. ^ Hislop, Michael C.; Puente-Lelièvre, Caroline (2012). "Leucopogon extremus (Styphelieae, Styphelioideae, Ericaceae), a remarkable new species that expands the morphological circumscription of Leucopogon sens. str.". Australian Systematic Botany. 25 (3): 202.
  4. ^ "Leucopogon extremus". APNI. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Retrieved 15 April 2024.