Leucopogon
Encyclopedia
Leucopogon is a genus of about 150-160 species of shrub
by flowering plant
s belonging to the family Ericaceae
, in the section of that family formerly treated as the separate family Epacridaceae. They are native to Australia
, New Zealand
, New Caledonia
, the western Pacific Islands and Malaysia, with the greatest species diversity in southeastern Australia. The common name is beard-heath or beard heath. Leucopogon is derived from ancient Greek. Translated as White Beard.
Selected species
Shrub
A shrub or bush is distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and shorter height, usually under 5–6 m tall. A large number of plants may become either shrubs or trees, depending on the growing conditions they experience...
by 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 belonging to 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...
, in the section of that family formerly treated as the separate family Epacridaceae. They are native to 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...
, New Caledonia
New Caledonia
New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...
, the western Pacific Islands and Malaysia, with the greatest species diversity in southeastern Australia. The common name is beard-heath or beard heath. Leucopogon is derived from ancient Greek. Translated as White Beard.
Selected species
- Leucopogon amplexicaulis - Australia
- Leucopogon australis - Victoria, Tasmania
- Leucopogon collinus - Victoria, Tasmania
- Leucopogon confertus - Australia
- Leucopogon cryptanthus - Australia
- Leucopogon cuspidatus - Australia
- Leucopogon ericoidesLeucopogon ericoidesLeucopogon ericoides, commonly known as the Pink Beard-heath, is a common shrub found in southeastern Australia.In 1793 this species first appeared in scientific literature as Styphelia ericoides in A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland, published by James Edward Smith...
- NSW, Victoria, Tasmania - Leucopogon exolasius - Australia
- Leucopogon fasciculatusLeucopogon fasciculatusLeucopogon fasciculatus is a species of shrub within the heath family. An example occurrence of L. fasciculatus is in the red and silver beech forests admixed with rimu and miro podocarps on northern South Island, New Zealand....
- New Zealand - Leucopogon fraseri - or Patotara, a New Zealand native, a small prickly shrub growing in dry conditions from sea level to low alpine regions. Also throughout eastern Australia.
- Leucopogon gnaphalioides - Australia
- Leucopogon interruptus - Western Australia
- Leucopogon juniperinusLeucopogon juniperinusLeucopogon juniperinus, the Bearded heath is a common shrub found in eastern Australia. Found on a variety of soil types and habitats in eucalyptus woodland or forest. Often seen on more fertile sedimentary based clay soils....
- Australia - Leucopogon lanceolatusLeucopogon lanceolatusLeucopogon lanceolatus the Lance Beard-heath is a common shrub found in eastern Australia. Found on a variety of soil types and habitats in eucalyptus woodland or forest. However, it is rare in Tasmania.Two sub-species are recognised; var...
- South Australia to Tasmania - Leucopogon marginatusLeucopogon marginatusLeucopogon marginatus is a shrub of the heath family native to Western Australia. It was first described by W. Fitzgerald in 1904....
- Western Australia - Leucopogon microphyllus - Australia
- Leucopogon parviflorusLeucopogon parviflorusLeucopogon parviflorus, commonly known as Coast Beard-heath or Native Currant, is a shrub or small tree in the family Ericaceae. It is endemic to Australia....
- Coast Beard-heath (Australia) - Leucopogon setigerLeucopogon setigerLeucopogon setiger is a shrub from eastern Australia. It grows between 0.3 to 1.5 metres tall. It grows in eucalyptus forest on sandstone based soils, and sometimes in mallee heath in wetter areas. Most often recorded from near Sydney and the Blue Mountains. This plant features delicate white bell...
- New South Wales - Leucopogon muticus - Australia
- Leucopogon nanum - New Zealand
- Leucopogon neurophyllusLeucopogon neurophyllusLeucopogon neurophyllus, commonly known as Veined Beard-heath or Mount William Beard Heath, is a shrub species that is endemic to Victoria, Australia....
- Veined Beard-heath or Mount William Beard Heath, Australia - Leucopogon obtectus - Australia
- Leucopogon verticillatusLeucopogon verticillatusLeucopogon verticillatus, or Tassel flower, is the tallest epacrid in Western Australia. Its striking form and similarity to bamboo made it the first Western Australia export to Japan, where it is used in flower arrangement...
- Western Australia - Leucopogon virgatus - Tasmania