Leucopogon extremus
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| Leucopogon extremus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Leucopogon |
| Species: | L. extremus |
| Binomial name | |
| Leucopogon extremus | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Leucopogon extremus is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to a restricted part of the Jarrah Forest bioregion in the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with "remarkably anomalous morphology.[2][3] The species was first formally described in 2012 by Michael Clyde Hislop and Caroline Puente-Lelièvre from specimens collected north-west of Collie in 2006. The specific epithet (extremus) refers to the "remarkably aberrant morphology" of the species.[4] It is listed as "Priority Two" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions,[2] meaning that it is poorly known and from only one or a few locations.[5]