Stylidium leeuwinense

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Stylidium leeuwinense
Conservation status
Priority Three — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Stylidiaceae
Genus:	Stylidium
Subgenus:	Stylidium subg. Forsteropsis
Species:	S. leeuwinense
Binomial name
*Stylidium leeuwinense* Lowrie & Kenneally 1997

Stylidium leeuwinense is a species that belongs to the genus Stylidium (family Stylidiaceae). The specific epithet leeuwinense refers to the Cape Leeuwin region in Western Australia where the type location for this species is. It is an herbaceous perennial that grows from 15 to 60 cm tall and has divided stems covered with tile-like leaves that are arranged in a spiral formation around the stem. The lanceolate leaves are basifixed and held closely against the stems. The leaves are around 2.5-3.5 mm long and 0.5-0.8 mm wide. Terminal inflorescences are racemose or spike-like and produce flowers that are reddish purple with laterally-paired lobes and bloom from February to May in their native range. S. leeuwinense is only known from south-western Western Australia along the coast from Augusta to Denmark. Its habitat is recorded as being black, peat-sand soils in swampy areas or heathland. S. leeuwinense, along with S. preissii, is distinct within its subgenus because it possesses leaves without an apical mucro (sharp point). It differs from S. preissii by its spike-like racemes.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Spooner, Amanda. (2006). Stylidium leeuwinense Lowrie & Kenneally FloraBase, Western Australian Herbarium, Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia. Accessed online: 27 September 2007.
^ Lowrie, A. and Kenneally, K.F. (1997). A taxonomic review of Stylidium subgenus Forsteropsis (Stylidiaceae). Nuytsia, 11(3): 353-364.

Taxon identifiers
Stylidium leeuwinense	Wikidata: Q7629562 APNI: 170731 CoL: 6ZZSF FloraBase: 17411 FoAO2: Stylidium leeuwinense GBIF: 5543763 IPNI: 997609-1 Open Tree of Life: 6060905 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:997609-1 WFO: wfo-0000492438

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