Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Ericales Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Ericaceae
Genus
Leucopogon R.Br.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Leucopogon parviflorus (Andrews) Lindl., Bot. Reg. t. 1560 (1833)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Styphelia parviflora Andrews, Bot. Repos. 6, t. 287 (1803)
  • ≡ Cyathodes parviflora (Andrews) Allan, Fl. New Zealand 1, 515 (1961)
  • = Leucopogon lanceolatus R.Br. nom. illeg.
  • = Styphelia richei Labill., Nov. Holl. Pl. 1, 44, t. 60 (1804)
  • ≡ Leucopogon richei (Labill.) R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 541 (1810)
 Description

Erect shrub up to ± 2 m. tall; branches us. lightly pubescent. Lvs close-set, coriac., green above and below or subglaucous below, becoming patent or reflexed, subsessile or on petiole c. 1 mm. long narrowly lanceolate to oblanceolate or oblong-elliptic on same plant, 10–20–(25) × ± 3 mm.; margins recurved, apex us. mucronulate; nerves fine, 3–5–(8). Infl. a short densely fld spike; bracts hardly 1/2 length of calyx. Fls c.3 mm. long; calyx-lobes oblong, obtuse; corolla-tube < calyx, lobes linear-oblong, densely hairy on upper surface. Fr. black when dry, broad-ovoid to suborbicular, 3–4 mm. long; locules 3–5.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1 as Cyathodes parviflora (Andrews) Allan]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
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