Styphelia lanata
Species of plant
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Styphelia lanata is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a shrub with wand-like branches, usually covered with loose, soft hairs, the leaves linear to lance-shaped about 12 mm (0.47 in) long, and white, tube-shaped flowers with small bracts and bracteoles. The lobes of the petal tube are bearded only at the base.
| Styphelia lanata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Styphelia |
| Species: | S. lanata |
| Binomial name | |
| Styphelia lanata | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Coleanthera virgata Stschegl. | |
This species was first formally described in 1859 by Sergei Sergeyevich Sheglejev who gave it the name Coleanthera virgata in the Bulletin de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou.[2] In 2020, Michael Hislop, Darren Crayn and Caroline Puente-Lelievre transferred it to the genus Styphelia, but the name S. virgata was unavailable, as it was given to a species now known as Leucopogon virgatus (Labill.) R.Br.[3] The name S. lanata was given to the new species.[1]
This species of Styphelia is presumed extinct by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[4][5]