Styphelia allittii | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Ericaceae |
Genus: | Styphelia |
Species: | S. allittii
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Binomial name | |
Styphelia allittii | |
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Occurrence data from AVH | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Leucopogon allittii F.Muell. |
Styphelia allittii is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a rigid, glabrous shrub that typically grows to a height of about 30 cm (12 in) and has egg-shaped or lance-shaped leaves and tube-shaped, white flowers.[2]
It was first formally described in 1864 by Ferdinand von Mueller in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae from specimens collected near the Murchison River by Augustus Oldfield.[3][4] The specific epithet (allittii) honours William Allitt, who worked at the botanic gardens at Portland.[5]
Styphelia allittii occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia and is listed as "Priority Three"[6] meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat.[7]