Styphelia decussata is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Styphelia |
| Species: | S. decussata
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| Styphelia decussata | |
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Leucopogon tamminensis var. australis E.Pritz. | |
It is a slender shrub with many branches, overlapping triangular to egg-shaped leaves, and white, tube-shaped flowers arranged singly in upper leaf axils.[2] It was first formally described in 1904 by Ernst Georg Pritzel who gave it the name Leucopogon tamminensis var. australis in Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie.[3]
In 2020, Michael Clyde Hislop, Darren M. Crayn and Caroline Puente-Lelievre transferred it to the genus Styphelia and raised it to species status. Since the name Styphelia australis was used for a different species, (Styphelia australis (R.Br.) F.Muell., now known as Leucopogon australis R.Br.)[4] the species was given the name Styphelia decussata.[1]
Styphelia decussata is widely distributed between Corrigin, Boxwood Hill and Munglinup in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains and Mallee of south-western Western Australia.[5][6]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Styphelia decussata".
- ^ Strid, Arne K. (1986). "New Species of Leucopogon and Conostephium (Epacridaceae) from SW Australia". Willdenowia. 16: 175–177. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ^ Pritzel, Ernst G. (1904). Diels, Friedrich L.E.; Pritzel, Ernst G. (eds.). "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): 479. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ "Leucopogon australis". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ "Styphelia decussata". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ Hislop, Michael; Nguyen, H.K. (2022). "A taxonomic review of the Styphelia tamminensis subgroup (Ericaceae: Epacridoideae: Styphelieae)". Nuytsia. 33: 289. Retrieved 24 November 2023.