Leucopogon psammophilus | |
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Conservation status
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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
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Binomial name | |
Leucopogon psammophilus E.Pritz.[1]
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Occurrence data from AVH | |
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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]