Leptecophylla
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Leptecophylla is a genus
of flowering plant
s in the family Ericaceae
. The genus is native to southeastern Australia
, New Zealand
, Papua New Guinea
and the Pacific Islands
. Some species in this genus were formerly classified within the genera Cyathodes
, Lissanthe
, Styphelia
and Trochocarpa
.
Species include:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in the family Ericaceae
Ericaceae
The Ericaceae, commonly known as the heath or heather family, is a group of mostly calcifuge flowering plants. The family is large, with roughly 4000 species spread across 126 genera, making it the 14th most speciose family of flowering plants...
. The genus is native to southeastern Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
and the Pacific Islands
Pacific Islands
The Pacific Islands comprise 20,000 to 30,000 islands in the Pacific Ocean. The islands are also sometimes collectively called Oceania, although Oceania is sometimes defined as also including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago....
. Some species in this genus were formerly classified within the genera Cyathodes
Cyathodes
Cyathodes is a genus of shrubs within the heath family. A characteristic feature of the genus is a deeply five-cleft calyx.Species include:*Cyathodes dealbata R.Br.*Cyathodes glauca Labill.*Cyathodes platystoma C.M.Weiller...
, Lissanthe
Lissanthe
Lissanthe is a genus of shrubs in the family Ericaceae. The genus is endemic to Australia.Species include:*Lissanthe brevistyla A.R.Bean*Lissanthe pluriloculata J.M.Powell*Lissanthe powelliae Crayn & E.A.Br....
, Styphelia
Styphelia
Styphelia is a genus of shrubs in the heather family, Ericaceae. The genus is endemic to Australia and the Pacific Islands.Species include:*Styphelia adscendens R.Br. – Golden Heath...
and Trochocarpa
Trochocarpa
Trochocarpa is a genus of shrubs or small trees in the family Ericaceae. The genus is native to Australia and Malesia.Species include:*Trochocarpa bellendenkerensis Domin*Trochocarpa clarkei F.Muell...
.
Species include:
- Leptecophylla abietina (Labill.) C.M.Weiller (TasmaniaTasmaniaTasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
) - Leptecophylla brassii (Sleumer) C.M.Weiller (New GuineaNew GuineaNew Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
) - Leptecophylla brevistyla (J.W.Moore) C.M.Weiller (Society IslandsSociety IslandsThe Society Islands are a group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean. They are politically part of French Polynesia. The archipelago is generally believed to have been named by Captain James Cook in honor of the Royal Society, the sponsor of the first British scientific survey of the islands;...
) - Leptecophylla divaricata (Hook.f.) C.M.Weiller (eastern Tasmania)
- Leptecophylla imbricata (Stschegl.) C.M.Weiller (HawaiiHawaiiHawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
) - Leptecophylla juniperinaLeptecophylla juniperinaLeptecophylla juniperina is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae. The species is native to New Zealand and the Australian states of Tasmania and Victoria. The plant's fruit is edible, raw or cooked. Plants grow best in areas with moderate winters and cool moist summers.Three...
(J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) C.M.Weiller (VictoriaVictoria (Australia)Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, Tasmania and New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
) - Leptecophylla mariannensis (Kaneh.) C.M.Weiller (Marianas Islands)
- Leptecophylla pendulosa (Jarman) C.M.Weiller (northeast Tasmania)
- Leptecophylla pogonocalyx C.M.Weiller (Tasmania)
- Leptecophylla rapae (Sleumer) C.M.Weiller (Rapa ItiRapa ItiRapa or Rapa Iti as it is sometimes called in more recent years , is the largest and only inhabited island of the Bass Islands in French Polynesia. An older name for the island is Oparo Its area is 40 km2 with a population of almost 500 and a max elevation of 650 m...
and Austral IslandsAustral IslandsThe Austral Islands are the southernmost group of islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the South Pacific. Geographically, they consist of two separate archipelagos, namely in the northwest the Tubuai Islands consisting of the Îles Maria, Rimatara, Rurutu, Tubuai...
) - Leptecophylla pomarae (A.Gray) C.M.Weiller (TahitiTahitiTahiti is the largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of the Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is the economic, cultural and political centre of French Polynesia. The island was formed from volcanic activity and is high and mountainous...
) - Leptecophylla robusta (Hook.f.) C.M.Weiller (Chatham IslandsChatham IslandsThe Chatham Islands are an archipelago and New Zealand territory in the Pacific Ocean consisting of about ten islands within a radius, the largest of which are Chatham Island and Pitt Island. Their name in the indigenous language, Moriori, means Misty Sun...
in New Zealand) - Leptecophylla tameiameiae (Cham. & Schltdl.) C.M.Weiller (HawaiianHawaiian IslandsThe Hawaiian Islands are an archipelago of eight major islands, several atolls, numerous smaller islets, and undersea seamounts in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some 1,500 miles from the island of Hawaii in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll...
and Marquesas IslandsMarquesas IslandsThe Marquesas Islands enana and Te Fenua `Enata , both meaning "The Land of Men") are a group of volcanic islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the southern Pacific Ocean. The Marquesas are located at 9° 00S, 139° 30W...
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