Styphelia tortifolia

Styphelia tortifolia is a small shrub species in the family Ericaceae. It is found in Western Australia.[3]

Styphelia tortifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Styphelia
Species:
S. tortifolia
Binomial name
Styphelia tortifolia
Hislop, Crayn & Puente-Lel.[1][2]
Synonyms[1]

Astroloma glaucescens Sond.

Distribution

It is found in Beard's south-western province.[3]

Taxonomy

The species was first described in 1845 as Astroloma glaucescens by Otto Sonder.[1][4] However, in 2020 phylogenetic studies by Darren Crayn, Michael Hislop and Caroline Puente-Lelièvre determined that Astroloma needed to be sunk into Styphelia.[2] This resulted in the accepted (by the herbarium of Western Australia) description as Styphelia tortifolia by Crayn, Hislop and Puente-Lelièvre,[5][2] since the name Styphelia glaucescens had already been used for a different plant species.[6]

Etymology

The specific epithet, tortifolia, derives from the Latin tortus (twisted) and folium (leaf), referring "to the longitudinally twisted leaves that are a common feature of this species."[1][2]

References
  1. "Styphelia tortifolia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. 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.
  3. "Styphelia tortifolia". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  4. Sonder, O.W. (1845). Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.). "Epacrideae". Plantae Preissianae. 1 (2): 298.
  5. "Name Currency Astroloma glaucescens Sond". FloraBase.
  6. Sprengel, C.P.J. (1827). "Stypheliam glaucescens Sieb". Syst. Veg. 4 (2, Cur. Post): 67.
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