Leucopogon psammophilus

Leucopogon psammophilus is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 45 cm (18 in) and grows on breakaways in the Geraldton Sandplains bioregion of south-western Western Australia.^[2] The species was first formally described in 1904 by Ernst Georg Pritzel in Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie from specimens collected near the Greenough River.^[3][4] It is listed as "Priority One" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions,^[2] meaning that it is known from only one or a few locations which are potentially at risk.^[5]

Leucopogon psammophilus
Conservation status
Priority One — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Leucopogon
Species:	L. psammophilus
Binomial name
Leucopogon psammophilus E.Pritz.[1]
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms[1]
Leucopogon teretostylus J.D.Briggs & Leigh nom. inval., nom. nud. Leucopogon teretostylus Paczk. & A.R.Chapm. nom. inval. Styphelia psammophila (E.Pritz.) Sleumer

References

1. "Leucopogon psammophilus". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
2. "Leucopogon psammophilus". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
3. "Leucopogon psammophilus". APNI. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
4. Diels, Ludwig; Pritzel, Ernst G. (1904). "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): 473. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
5. "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 16 December 2015.