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Styphelia conferta (Benth.) F.Muell. (1882:106)

Torrington beard-heath

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Leucopogon confertus Benth. in Fl. Austral. 4: 208 (1868)

 

Conservation Status

Missing (Silcock et al., 2019:SM:5 [as 'Possibly extant'])

Last record: pre-1900 (Silcock et al., 2019:SM:5)

 

"some infertile specimens in the area collected in 1998 may have been this species but ID impossible"

(Silcock et al., 2019:SM:5)

 

Distribution & Habitat

New South Wales (& Queensland?), Australia

 

"Open forest and woodland, on rocky granite areas, Silent Grove Road near Torrington"

(Silcock et al., 2019:SM:5)

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Christenhusz, M. and Govaerts, R. (2023). Uitgestorven. Op plantenjacht rond de wereld: 1-511. Sterck & De Vreese.

Forster, P. I. and Bean, A. R. (1990). The conservation coding of Leucopogon confertus Benth. (Epacridaceae). Queensland Naturalist. 30(1-2):35.

Harden, G. J. (ed.). (1992). Flora of New South Wales Volume 3. Kensington, NSW: University of NSW Press.

Silcock, Jen L., Field, Ashley R., Walsh, Neville G. and Fensham, Roderick J. (2019). To name those lost: assessing extinction likelihood in the Australian vascular flora. Oryx 54(2): 167-177. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605318001357 [Supplementary Material]

Walter, Kerry S. and Gillett, Harriet J. (eds.). (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK: IUCN – The World Conservation Union. lxiv + 862 pp.

 

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