Styphelia stomarrhena

Styphelia stomarrhena (common name - red swamp cranberry) is a small shrub species in the family Ericaceae. It is found in Western Australia.[3]

Styphelia stomarrhena
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Styphelia
Species:
S. stomarrhena
Binomial name
Styphelia stomarrhena

Distribution and habitat

It is found in the IBRA regions of southern Geraldton Sandplains and northern Swan Coastal Plain bioregions, with some occurrences in the Avon Wheatbelt and Jarrah Forest bioregions, on deep sandy soils or sand on laterite, in Banksia woodland or heathland communities.[4]

Taxonomy

The species was first described in 1845 as Astroloma stomarrhena by Otto Wihelm Sonder.[1][2] In 1964 Hermann Otto Sleumer assigned it to the genus Styphelia.[5] However, this change was not accepted until 2019 when phylogenetic studies by Darren Crayn, Michael Hislop and Caroline Puente-Lelièvre determined that Astroloma needed to be sunk into Styphelia.[6] This resulted in the accepted description as Styphelia stomarrhena by Hislop and Puente-Lelièvre.[7][4]

References
  1. "Styphelia stomarrhena (Sond.) Sleumer". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. Sonder, O. W. (1845). Lehmann, J. G. C. (ed.). "Epacrideae". Plantae Preissianae. 1 (2): 301.
  3. "Styphelia stomarrhena". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  4. Hislop, M.; Puente-Lelièvre, C. (28 March 2019). "A taxonomic review of the Styphelia xerophylla group (Ericaceae: Epacridoideae: Styphelieae)" (PDF). Nuytsia. 30: 166. ISSN 0085-4417. Wikidata Q97882715.
  5. Sleumer, H. (1963). "Florae Malesianae Precursores XXXVII. Materials towards the knowledge of the Epacridaceae Mainly in Asia, Malaysia, and the Pacific". Blumea. 12 (1): 154. ISSN 0006-5196. Wikidata Q96028765.
  6. Crayn, D.M.; Hislop, M.D.; Puente-Lelièvre, C. (2020). "A phylogenetic recircumscription of Styphelia (Ericaceae, Epacridoideae, Styphelieae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 33 (2): 137–168. doi:10.1071/SB18050. ISSN 1030-1887. Wikidata Q102898970.
  7. "Name currency Astroloma stomarrhena Sond." florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
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