Baeckea leptophylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is native to Western Australia.[2]

Baeckea leptophylla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Baeckea
Species:
B. leptophylla
Binomial name
Baeckea leptophylla
Synonyms[1]

Harmogia leptophylla Turcz.

The species was first formally described in 1852 by Nikolai Turczaninow who gave it the name Harmogia leptophylla in the Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg from specimens collected by James Drummond.[3][4] In 1923, Karel Domin changed the name to Baeckea leptophylla.[5] The specific epithet (leptophylla) means "thin-leaved".[6]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Baeckea leptophylla". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Baeckea leptophylla". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. ^ "Harmogia leptophylla". APNI. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  4. ^ Turczaninow, Nikolai (1852). "Myrtaceae Xerocarpicae in Nova Hollandia a cl. Drummond lectae et plerumque in collectione ejus quinta distributae, determinatae et descriptae". Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg. 10: 330. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Baeckea leptophylla". APNI. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  6. ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 238. ISBN 9780958034180.