Leucopogon cryptanthus, commonly known as small-flowered leucopogon,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is slender, diffuse, much-branched shrub that typically grows to a height of about 15 cm (5.9 in). Its leaves are erect and linear, 2–6.5 mm (0.079–0.256 in) long, rigid and sharply pointed. The few flowers are small and inconspicuous, arranged singly, in short spikes or in clusters at the ends of branches in cymes with leaf-like bracts and bracteoles at the base. The sepals are less than 2 mm (0.079 in) long, the petals joined at the base, forming a tube shorter than the sepals, the petal lobes about as long as the petal tube.[3][4]
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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: | Leucopogon |
| Species: | †L. cryptanthus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Leucopogon cryptanthus | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Styphelia cryptantha (Benth.) F.Muell. | |
The species was first formally described in 1868 by George Bentham in Flora Australiensis from specimens collected by James Drummond in the Swan River Colony.[3][5] The specific epithet (cryptanthus) means "hidden-flowered".[6]
Leucopogon crassiflorus is listed as extinct under the Australian Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.[2][4]
References
edit- ^ a b "Leucopogon cryptanthus". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
- ^ a b "SPRAT Profile Leucopogon cryptanthus — Small-flowered Leucopogon". Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ a b Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1868). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 4. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 199. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Leucopogon cryptanthus". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Leucopogon cryptanthus". APNI. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 174. ISBN 9780958034180.
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