Styphelia
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Styphelia is a genus
of shrub
s in the heather
family, Ericaceae
. The genus is endemic to Australia
and the Pacific Islands
.
Species include:
A number of species formerly included in this genus have been reassigned to other genera including Acrothamnus
, Agiortia, Astroloma
, Brachyloma
, Croninia, Cyathopsis, Leptecophylla
, Leucopogon
, Lissanthe
and Planocarpa.
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 shrub
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...
s in the heather
Erica
Erica ,the heaths or heathers, is a genus of approximately 860 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. The English common names "heath" and "heather" are shared by some closely related genera of similar appearance....
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 endemic 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...
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....
.
Species include:
- Styphelia adscendensStyphelia adscendensStyphelia adscendens, commonly known as Golden Heath, is a shrub species that is native to south-eastern Australia. It is small shrub that grows to between 10 cm and 50 cm in height...
R.Br. – Golden Heath - Styphelia exarrhena (F.Muell.) F.Muell. – Desert Styphelia
- Styphelia exserta (F.Muell.) Sleumer
- Styphelia floribunda (Brongn. & Gris) Sleumer
- Styphelia hainesii F.Muell.
- Styphelia intertexta A.S.George
- Styphelia laeta R.Br.
- Styphelia longifolia R.Br.
- Styphelia melaleucoides F.Muell.
- Styphelia perileuca J.M.Powell
- Styphelia psiloclada J.M.Powell
- Styphelia pulchella (Sond.) F.Muell.
- Styphelia tameiameiaeStyphelia tameiameiaeStyphelia tameiameiae, known as Pūkiawe in the Hawaiian language, is a species of flowering plant in the heather family, Ericaceae, that is native to the Hawaiian and Marquesas Islands. The specific epithet honors King Kamehameha I, who formed the Kingdom of Hawaii. It grows as a tree up to tall...
(Cham.Adelbert von ChamissoAdelbert von Chamisso was a German poet and botanist.- Life :He was born Louis Charles Adélaïde de Chamissot at the château of Boncourt at Ante, in Champagne, France, the ancestral seat of his family...
& Schltdl.Diederich Franz Leonhard von SchlechtendalDiederich von Schlechtendal was a German botanist born in Xanten. He was Professor of Botany and Director of the Botanical Gardens at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg from 1833 until his death in 1866, and Editor of the botanical journal Linnaea.His most important work was in...
) F.Muell.Ferdinand von MuellerBaron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, KCMG was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist.-Early life:...
– Pūkiawe (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...
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...
) - Styphelia tenuiflora Benth. – Common Pinheath
- Styphelia triflora Andrews – Pink Five-Corners
- Styphelia tubifloraStyphelia tubifloraStyphelia tubiflora, known as Red Five-corner is a shrub found in eastern Australia. The habitat is poor sandy soils, in dry eucalyptus forest or heathlands. It occurs in areas such as Sydney, Jervis Bay and the Blue Mountains.- Description :...
Sm. – Red Five-Corner - Styphelia viridis Andrews
A number of species formerly included in this genus have been reassigned to other genera including Acrothamnus
Acrothamnus
Acrothamnus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. The species, which were formerly included in the genus Leucopogon, all occur in Australia...
, Agiortia, Astroloma
Astroloma
Astroloma is an endemic Australian genus of around 20 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae.The majority of the species are endemic in Western Australia, but a few species occur in New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia....
, Brachyloma
Brachyloma
Brachyloma is a genus of shrubs in the heather family, Ericaceae. The genus is endemic to Australia.Species include:*Brachyloma ciliatum Benth.*Brachyloma concolor Benth.*Brachyloma daphnoides Benth....
, Croninia, Cyathopsis, Leptecophylla
Leptecophylla
Leptecophylla is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. The genus is native to southeastern Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands...
, Leucopogon
Leucopogon
Leucopogon is a genus of about 150-160 species of shrubby flowering plants 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...
, 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....
and Planocarpa.