''Leucopogon'' is a genus of about 150-160 species of shrubs or small trees in the family

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, in the section of that family formerly treated as the separate family Epacridaceae. They are native to Australia, New Zealand,

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, the western Pacific Islands and Malaysia, with the greatest species diversity in southeastern Australia. Plants in this genus have leaves with a few more or less parallel veins, and tube-shaped flowers usually with a white beard inside.

Description

Plants in the genus ''Leucopogon'' range from prostrate shrubs to small trees. The leaves are arranged alternately and usually have about three, more or less parallel veins visible on the lower surface. The flowers are arranged in leaf

axil A leaf ( : leaves) is any of the principal appendages of a vascular plant stem, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", while the leaves, st ...

s or on the ends of branchlets either singly or in spikes of a few to many flowers. There is a single egg-shaped to circular

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and a pair of similar

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at the base of each flower immediately below the five

sepal A sepal () is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants). Usually green, sepals typically function as protection for the flower in bud, and often as support for the petals when in bloom., p. 106 The term ''sepalum'' was coined b ...

s. The sepals are similar to the bracts but larger. The petals are fused to form a tube with the five petal tips rolled back or spreading, usually with a beard of white hairs inside. The

stamen The stamen (plural ''stamina'' or ''stamens'') is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower. Collectively the stamens form the androecium., p. 10 Morphology and terminology A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filame ...

s are attached to the tube near its tip and have a short

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and the tip of the

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is thin. The fruit is a

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Taxonomy and naming

The genus ''Leucopogon'' was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in his ''

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''. In 2005, following

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, in a paper published in ''

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Christopher John Quinn Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or '' Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Christ" or "Anointed", and φέρει� ...

and others transferred some species previously known as species of ''Leucopogon'' to other genera, including ''Androstoma'' Hook.f.'', ''Acrotriche'' R.Br.'', ''Acrothamnus'' Quinn and ''Agiortia'' Quinn. These species include the former ''L. colensoi'', ''L. milliganii'', ''L. maccraei'', ''L. montanus''. These, and other changes proposed have been accepted by the

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("APC") but not the change of ''L. melaleucoides'' to ''Acrothamnus melaleucoides''. Further molecular phylogenetic analysis of ''

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'' and related genera by Crayn and others in 2018 have led to further proposed changes, not yet assessed by the APC as at April 2020. These changes include moving 75 species of ''Leucopogon'' to ''Styphelia''. The genus name, ''Leucopogon'' is derived from

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words meaning "white" and "beard", referring to the petal tube.Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, page 108

Species list

The following is a list of species accepted by the

as at April 2020 and by the

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for species occurring in New Zealand. There is a proposal to move the species marked with an asterisk to the genus ''

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Leucopogon acicularis ''Leucopogon acicularis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, open shrub that typically grows to a height of and is mostly found in the Stirling Range Na ...

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Leucopogon acuminatus ''Leucopogon'' is a genus of about 150-160 species of shrubs or small trees in 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 ...

'' R.Br. (NT) * *'' Leucopogon affinis'' R.Br. – lance beard-heath (SA, Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas) *'' Leucopogon allittii''

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Leucopogon alternifolius ''Leucopogon alternifolius'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to south of Western Australia. It is a low, sprawling shrub with thin branchlets, egg-shaped leaves with a heart-shaped, stem-clasping base, ...

'' R.Br. (WA) *''

Leucopogon altissimus ''Leucopogon altissimus'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to a restricted area in the south of Western Australia. It is a tall, erect shrub with glabrous branchlets, elliptic leaves and white or creamy ...

'' Hislop (WA) *'' Leucopogon amplectens'' Ostenf. (WA) *''

Leucopogon amplexicaulis ''Leucopogon amplexicaulis'', commonly known as beard-heath, is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemism, endemic to eastern New South Wales. It is a scrambling or straggly shrub with egg-shaped, stem-clasping l ...

'' – beard heath ( Rudge) R.Br. (NSW) *'' Leucopogon apiculatus'' R.Br. (WA) *'' Leucopogon appressus'' R.Br. (NSW) * *''

Leucopogon assimilis ''Leucopogon assimilis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is an erect, slender shrub with linear or lance-shaped leaves and pink to white, tube-shaped flowers. Descript ...

'' R.Br. (WA) *''

Leucopogon atherolepis ''Leucopogon atherolepis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with linear leaves and white, tube-shaped flowers. Description ''Leucopogon atherolep ...

'' Stschegl. (WA) *''

Leucopogon attenuatus ''Leucopogon attenuatus'', commonly known as grey beard-heath, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae. It has grey-green leaves and small white flowers and grows in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. Descripti ...

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– grey beard-heath (Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic) * *'' Leucopogon audax'' Hislop (WA) *'' Leucopogon australis'' R.Br. – spiked beard-heath (WA, Vic, Tas) *''

Leucopogon biflorus ''Leucopogon biflorus'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemism, endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect to spreading shrub with hairy branchlets, oblong leaves and small white flowers. Description ''L ...

'' R.Br. (Qld, NSW) * *''

Leucopogon blakei ''Leucopogon blakei'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to inland southern Queensland. It is a sometimes prostrate, twiggy shrub with hairy branches, egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the ...

'' Pedley (Qld) * *'' Leucopogon blepharolepis'' F.Muell. (WA) * *'' Leucopogon borealis'' Hislop & A.R.Chapm. (WA) *''

Leucopogon bossiaea ''Leucopogon bossiaea'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to a restricted area in the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with elliptic to broadly egg-shaped leaves and white flowers in ...

'' (F.Muell.)

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Leucopogon bracteolaris ''Leucopogon bracteolaris'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemism, endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with egg-shaped to broadly lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end ...

'' Benth. (WA) *''

Leucopogon brevicuspis ''Leucopogon brevicuspis'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, bushy shrub with oblong leaves with a small point on the tip, mostly about long. Th ...

'' Benth. (WA) * *'' Leucopogon breviflorus'' F.Muell. (WA) * *'' Leucopogon canaliculatus'' Hislop (WA) *''

Leucopogon capitellatus ''Leucopogon capitellatus'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemism, endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, more or less wikt:glabrous, glabrous shrub that typically grows to a heig ...

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(WA) *'' Leucopogon carinatus'' R.Br. (WA) *'' Leucopogon cinereus''

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(WA) *'' Leucopogon clelandii'' Cheel (SA, Vic) * *'' Leucopogon cochlearifolius'' Strid (WA) *''

Leucopogon collinus ''Leucopogon collinus'', commonly known as fringed beard-heath, is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a slender, erect or spreading shrub with narrowly lance-shaped leaves, ...

'' ( Labill.) R.Br. – fringed beard-heath (NSW, Vic, Tas) *''

Leucopogon compactus ''Leucopogon compactus'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with oblong leaves and dense clusters of white, tube-shaped flowers. Description ''Le ...

'' Stschegl. (WA) *''

Leucopogon conchifolius ''Leucopogon'' is a genus of about 150-160 species of shrubs or small trees in 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 ...

'' Strid (WA) * *'' Leucopogon concinnus'' Benth. (WA) * *''

Leucopogon concurvus ''Leucopogon concurvus'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemism, endemic to a restricted part of South Australia. It is a slender shrub with egg-shaped leaves, and white, tube-shaped flowers arranged along t ...

'' F.Muell. (SA) *''

Leucopogon confertus ''Leucopogon confertus'', commonly known as Torrington beard-heath, is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to a restricted part of New South Wales. It is a small shrub with erect, oblong or lance-shaped leave ...

'' Benth. (NSW) * *''

Leucopogon conostephioides ''Styphelia conostephioides'' is a plant in the family Ericaceae native to Western Australia. It was first described in 1839 as ''Leucopogon conostephioides'' by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle. In 1867 Ferdinand von Mueller transferred it to the g ...

'' DC. (WA) * *''

Leucopogon cordatus ''Leucopogon cordatus'' is a small plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an erect spreading shrub, typically growing to a height of on sandy soils often over granite, laterite or limestone. Its white flowers m ...

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(WA) *'' Leucopogon cordifolius''

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(WA, SA, Vic) * *'' Leucopogon corymbiformis'' Hislop (WA) *'' Leucopogon corynocarpus''

(WA) * *'' Leucopogon costatus'' (F.Muell.) J.M.Black (SA, Vic) *''

Leucopogon crassiflorus ''Leucopogon crassiflorus'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with few branches and that typically grows to a height of . Its leaves are broad ...

'' (F.Muell.) Benth. (WA) * *''

Leucopogon crassifolius ''Styphelia crassifolia'' is a plant in the family Ericaceae native to Western Australia. It was first described in 1845 as ''Leucopogon crassifolius'' by Otto Wilhelm Sonder. In 1867 Ferdinand von Mueller transferred it to the genus, ''Stypheli ...

'' Sond. (WA) * *'' Leucopogon cryptanthus'' Benth. (WA) *'' Leucopogon cucullatus'' R.Br. (WA) *'' Leucopogon cuneifolius'' Stschegl. (WA) * *'' Leucopogon cuspidatus'' R.Br. (Qld) * *'' Leucopogon cymbiformis'' (A.Cunn.) ex DC. (WA) * *'' Leucopogon darlingensis'' Hislop (WA) **''Leucopogon darlingensis'' Hislop subsp. ''darlingensis'' (WA) **''Leucopogon darlingensis'' subsp. ''rectus'' Hislop (WA) *'' Leucopogon decrescens'' Hislop (WA) *''

Leucopogon decussatus ''Leucopogon decussatus'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemism, endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of about . It was first formally descri ...

'' Stschegl. (WA) *'' Leucopogon deformis'' R.Br. (Qld, NSW) * *'' Leucopogon denticulatus'' W.Fitzg. (WA) *''

Leucopogon dielsianus ''Leucopogon dielsianus'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It was first formally described in 1904 by Ernst Georg Pritzel in ''Botanische Jahrbücher für Systema ...

'' E.Pritz. (WA) * *'' Leucopogon distans'' R.Br. (WA) *''

Leucopogon diversifolius ''Leucopogon diversifolius'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with more or less glabrous young branchlets, spirally arranged, erect, broadly ...

'' Hislop (WA) *''

Leucopogon elatior ''Leucopogon elatior'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemism, endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a slender, erect or straggly shrub with broadly egg-shaped leaves, and white, tube-shaped ...

'' Sond. (WA) *''

Leucopogon elegans ''Leucopogon elegans'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a spreading shrub with egg-shaped leaves, and white or pink, tube-shaped flowers densely bearded on ...

'' Sond. (WA) **''Leucopogon elegans'' Sond. var. ''elegans'' **''Leucopogon elegans'' subsp. ''psorophyllus'' Hislop (WA) *'' Leucopogon ericoides'' (

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) R.Br. (SA, Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas) * *'' Leucopogon esquamatus'' R.Br. (NSW, Vic, Tas) * *''

Leucopogon exolasius ''Leucopogon exolasius'', commonly known as Woronora beard-heath, is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to a small area of New South Wales. It is an erect shrub with oblong or elliptic leaves, and drooping, ...

'' (F.Muell.) Benth. (NSW) * *'' Leucopogon extremus'' Hislop & Puente-Lel. (WA) *''

Leucopogon fasciculatus ''Leucopogon fasciculatus'', the tall mingimingi, is a species of shrub within the family Ericaceae. It is Endemism, endemic to New Zealand. This species is found in the North Island north of the Bay of Plenty and Taranaki. In the South Island i ...

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(New Zealand) *'' Leucopogon fimbriatus'' Stschegl. (WA) *''

Leucopogon flavescens ''Leucopogon flavescens'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with oblong leaves and white, tube-shaped flowers that are densely bearded on the inside ...

'' Sond. (WA) * **''Leucopogon flavescens'' var. ''brevifolius'' Benth. (WA) * **''Leucopogon flavescens'' Sond. var. ''flavescens'' (WA) * *''

Leucopogon fletcheri ''Leucopogon fletcheri'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemism, endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a densely-branched shrub with sharply-pointed oblong leaves, and pendent, tube-shaped w ...

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(NSW, ACT, Vic) * **''Leucopogon fletcheri'' subsp. ''brevisepalus'' J.M.Powell (NSW, ACT, Vic) * **''Leucopogon fletcheri'' Maiden & Betche subsp. ''fletcheri'' * *''

Leucopogon flexifolius ''Leucopogon flexifolius'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to south-east Queensland. It is a rigid shrub with many softly-hairy branchlets, crowded, sharply-pointed linear to lance-shaped leaves, and small, ...

'' R.Br. (Qld) * *'' Leucopogon florulentus'' Benth. (WA) *'' Leucopogon foliosus'' Hislop (WA) *''

Leucopogon fraseri ''Leucopogon fraseri'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is native to south-eastern continental Australia and New Zealand, where it is known as ''Styphelia nesophila'', pātōtara, or dwarf mingimingi. It is a pr ...

'' A.Cunn. (NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas, NZ) * *''

Leucopogon gelidus ''Leucopogon gelidus'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is native to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a slender, compact shrub with elliptic to egg-shaped leaves, and spikes of drooping, tube-shaped whi ...

'' N.A.Wakef. (NSW, ACT, Vic) *'' Leucopogon gibbosus'' Stschegl. (WA) *'' Leucopogon gilbertii'' Stschegl. (WA) *'' Leucopogon glabellus'' R.Br. (WA) *'' Leucopogon glacialis'' Lindl. (SA, Vic) *'' Leucopogon glaucifolius'' W.Fitzg. (WA) * *''

Leucopogon gnaphalioides ''Leucopogon gnaphalioides'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a slender or sprawling shrub with crowded egg-shaped to lance-shaped leaves and spikes of tub ...

'' Stschegl. (WA) *'' Leucopogon gracilis'' R.Br. (WA) *''

Leucopogon gracillimus ''Leucopogon gracillimus'' is a shrub in the family Ericaceae. It is native to Western Australia. Description ''Leucopogon gracillimus'' is an erect slender shrub, growing to heights of from 0.2 m to 1.5 m high. Its white flowers are seen from ...

'' DC. (WA) *''

Leucopogon grammatus ''Leucopogon grammatus'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with hairy young branchlets, spirally arranged, erect, egg-shaped leaves, and whi ...

'' Hislop (WA) *''

Leucopogon grandiflorus ''Leucopogon grandiflorus'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to Carnarvon National Park in south-eastern Queensland. It is a shrub with softly-hairy branchlets, oblong leaves and white flowers. Descri ...

'' Pedley (Qld) * *''

Leucopogon hamulosus ''Leucopogon hamulosus'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It was first formally described in 1904 by Ernst Georg Pritzel in ''Botanische Jahrbücher für Systemat ...

'' E.Pritz. (WA) * *'' Leucopogon hirsutus'' Sond. (WA, SA) *''

Leucopogon hispidus ''Leucopogon hispidus'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It was first formally described in 1904 by Ernst Georg Pritzel in '' Botanische Jahrbücher für Systemat ...

'' E.Pritz. (WA) * *''

Leucopogon imbricatus ''Leucopogon imbricatus'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to south-east Queensland. It is an erect shrub with wikt:glabrous, glabrous branches, crowded, often overlapping, egg-shaped leaves, and white, bell ...

'' R.Br. (Qld) * *''

Leucopogon incisus ''Leucopogon incisus'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemism, endemic to a small area in the far south of the south-west of Western Australia. It is a delicate, erect or sprawling shrub with wikt:glabrous, ...

'' Hislop (WA) *'' Leucopogon inflexus'' Hislop (WA) *''

Leucopogon infuscatus ''Leucopogon infuscatus'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrublet with many branches, egg-shaped to lance-shaped leaves, and light brown, densely bearde ...

'' Strid (WA) *'' Leucopogon insularis'' A.Cunn. ex DC. (WA) * *'' Leucopogon interruptus'' R.Br. (WA) *'' Leucopogon interstans'' Hislop (WA) *''

Leucopogon juniperinus ''Leucopogon juniperinus'', commonly known as prickly beard-heath, is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is an erect, densely-branched shrub with oblong to more ...

'' R.Br. (Qld, NSW, Vic) * *'' Leucopogon lasiophyllus'' Stschegl. (WA) *'' Leucopogon lasiostachyus'' Stschegl. (WA) *'' Leucopogon lavarackii'' Pedley (Qld) * *''

Leucopogon leptanthus ''Leucopogon leptantha'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, bushy shrub that typically grows to a height of about . Its leaves are erect, oblong or ...

'' Benth. (WA) * *'' Leucopogon leptospermoides'' R.Br. (Qld, NSW) * *''

Leucopogon lloydiorum ''Leucopogon lloydiorum'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a slender shrub with elliptic leaves clustered near the ends of branchlets, and white, densely-be ...

'' Strid (WA) *''

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Leucopogon marginatus ''Styphelia marginata'', commonly known as thick-margined leucopogon, is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemism, endemic to the Southwest Australia, south-west of Western Australia. It is a dwarf shrub with l ...

'' W.Fitzg. (WA) * *''

Leucopogon maritimus ''Leucopogon maritimus'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemism, endemic to the west coast of Western Australia. It is a low, spreading shrub with hairy young branchlets, erect, narrowly elliptic leaves and ...

'' Hislop (WA) *''

Leucopogon melaleucoides ''Leucopogon melaleucoides'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect, densely branched shrub with lance-shaped or egg-shaped leaves, and white, tube-shaped flowers arrang ...

'' A.Cunn. ex DC. (Qld, NSW) *''

Leucopogon microcarpus ''Leucopogon microcarpus'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a low, compact shrub with hairy young branchlets, narrowly elliptic, narrowly egg-shaped or linea ...

'' Hislop (WA) *''

Leucopogon microphyllus ''Leucopogon microphyllus'' is a small Australian plant in the family Ericaceae The Ericaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the heath or heather family, found most commonly in acidic and infertile growing conditions. T ...

'' ( Cav.) R.Br. (Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic) **''Leucopogon microphyllus'' (Cav.) R.Br. var. ''microphyllus'' **''Leucopogon microphyllus'' var. ''pilibundus'' (A.Cunn. ex DC.) Benth. *'' Leucopogon mitchellii'' Benth. (Qld) * *'' Leucopogon mollis'' E.Pritz. (WA) *'' Leucopogon multiflorus'' R.Br. (WA) * *'' Leucopogon muticus'' R.Br. (Qld, NSW) * *''

Leucopogon nanum ''Leucopogon'' is a genus of about 150-160 species of shrubs or small trees in 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 ...

'' M.I.Dawson & Heenan (NZ) * *'' Leucopogon navicularis'' Hislop (WA) *''

Leucopogon neoanglicus ''Leucopogon neoanglicus'', commonly known as New England beard heath, is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect shrub with egg-shaped leaves, sometimes with the narrower end ...

'' F.Muell. ex Benth. (Qld, NSW) * *'' Leucopogon neurophyllus'' F.Muell. (Vic) *'' Leucopogon newbeyi'' Hislop (WA) *'' Leucopogon nitidus'' Hislop (WA) *''

Leucopogon nutans ''Leucopogon nutans'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemism, endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub that was first formally described in 1904 by Ernst Georg Pritzel in ''Botanische Ja ...

'' E.Pritz. (WA) * *''

Leucopogon obovatus ''Leucopogon obovatus'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with hairy young branchlets, variably-shaped, simple leaves, and erect clusters of 3 ...

'' ( Labill.) R.Br. (WA) **''Leucopogon obovatus'' (Labill.) R.Br. subsp. ''obovatus '' **''Leucopogon obovatus'' subsp. ''revolutus'' (R.Br.) Hislop *''

Leucopogon obtectus ''Leucopogon obtectus'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemism, endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub that typically grows to a height of or more. Its leaves are rigid, broadly heart ...

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Leucopogon obtusatus ''Leucopogon obtusatus'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of . Its leaves are sessile, egg-shaped to oblong, ...

'' Sond. (WA) *'' Leucopogon oldfieldii'' Benth. (WA) *'' Leucopogon oliganthus'' E.Pritz. (WA) *''

Leucopogon opponens ''Leucopogon opponens'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, slender shrub with its leaves arranged in opposite pairs, and white, tube-shaped flowers ...

'' (F.Muell.) Benth. (WA) *''

Leucopogon oppositifolius ''Leucopogon oppositifolius'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemism, endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is a slender, erect to spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of . Its leaves are ...

'' Sond. (WA) *'' Leucopogon ovalifolius'' Sond. (WA) * *'' Leucopogon oxycedrus'' Sond. (WA) * *'' Leucopogon ozothamnoides'' Benth. (WA) *''

Leucopogon parviflorus ''Leucopogon parviflorus'', commonly known as coast beard-heath or native currant, is a shrub or small tree in the family Ericaceae. It is native to all Australian states and territories excluding the Northern Territory and the ACT and also gr ...

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) Lindl. (WA, SA, Qld, NSW, LHI, Vic, Tas, NZ) *'' Leucopogon pendulus'' R.Br. (WA) * *'' Leucopogon penicillatus'' Stschegl. (WA) *'' Leucopogon phyllostachys'' Benth. (WA) *''

Leucopogon pilifer ''Leucopogon'' is a genus of about 150-160 species of shrubs or small trees in 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 ...

'' N.A.Wakef. (NSW, Vic, Tas) *''

Leucopogon pimeleoides ''Leucopogon'' is a genus of about 150-160 species of shrubs or small trees in 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 ...

'' A.Cunn. ex DC. (Qld, NSW) *''

Leucopogon planifolius ''Styphelia planifolia'' is a small shrub (growing from 0.35 to 2 m high) in the family Ericaceae native to Western Australia. It was first described as ''Leucopogon planifolius'' in 1845 by Otto Wilhelm Sonder, but moved to the genus, ''Styph ...

'' Sond. (WA) * *''

Leucopogon plumuliflorus ''Leucopogon plumuliflorus'' is a shrub in the family Ericaceae. It is endemic to Western Australia. Description ''Leucopogon plumuliflorus'' is a slender, multi-stemmed shrub which grows to heights of from 0.1 m to 0.4 m. It flowers in April o ...

'' (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. (WA) *'' Leucopogon pogonocalyx'' Benth. (WA) * *''

Leucopogon polymorphus ''Leucopogon polymorphus'' is a small plant in the family Ericaceae, endemic to Western Australia. It is a shrub, growing from 0.2 m to 1 m high, on sandy soils. Its white flowers may be seen from June to October. It was first described in 184 ...

'' Sond. (WA) *'' Leucopogon polystachyus'' R.Br. (WA) *''

Leucopogon prolatus ''Leucopogon'' is a genus of about 150-160 species of shrubs or small trees in 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 ...

'' Hislop (WA) *''

Leucopogon propinquus ''Leucopogon'' is a genus of about 150-160 species of shrubs or small trees in 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 ...

'' R.Br. (WA) * *'' Leucopogon psammophilus'' E.Pritz. (WA) *''

Leucopogon psilopus ''Leucopogon'' is a genus of about 150-160 species of shrubs or small trees in 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 ...

'' Stschegl. (WA) * *'' Leucopogon pubescens''

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Leucopogon pulchellus ''Leucopogon pulchellus'', commonly known as coast beard-heath, is a shrub in the family Ericaceae, native to the south west of Western Australia. It grows to heights between 15 cm and 1.5 m, generally on lateritic or granitic soils, and its wh ...

'' Sond. (WA) *''

Leucopogon racemulosus ''Leucopogon'' is a genus of about 150-160 species of shrubs or small trees in 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 ...

'' DC. (WA) * *'' Leucopogon recurvisepalus''

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Leucopogon reflexus ''Leucopogon'' is a genus of about 150-160 species of shrubs or small trees in 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 ...

'' R.Br. (WA) *''

Leucopogon remotus ''Leucopogon'' is a genus of about 150-160 species of shrubs or small trees in 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 ...

'' Hislop (WA) *'' Leucopogon rigidus'' A.Cunn. ex DC. (WA) * *'' Leucopogon riparius'' N.A.Wakef. (Vic) * *''

Leucopogon rodwayi ''Leucopogon'' is a genus of about 150-160 species of shrubs or small trees in 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 ...

'' Summerh. (NSW) *'' Leucopogon rotundifolius'' R.Br. (WA) * *''

Leucopogon rubricaulis ''Leucopogon rubricaulis'' is an Australian species of shrub A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be ...

'' R.Br. (WA) *'' Leucopogon rufus'' Lindl. (SA, NSW, Vic) * *'' Leucopogon rugulosus'' Hislop (WA) *'' Leucopogon rupicola'' C.T.White (Qld) * *'' Leucopogon ruscifolius'' R.Br. (Qld) * *''

Leucopogon setiger ''Leucopogon setiger'' is a shrub from eastern Australia. It grows between 0.3 and 1.5 metres tall. It grows in eucalyptus forest on sandstone based soils, and sometimes in mallee heath in wetter areas. Most often recorded from near Sydney and t ...

'' R.Br. (NSW) * *'' Leucopogon simulans'' Hislop (WA) *'' Leucopogon sonderensis''

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(NT) * *'' Leucopogon spectabilis'' Hislop & A.R.Chapm. (WA) *''

Leucopogon sprengelioides ''Leucopogon sprengelioides'' is an erect shrub in the family Ericaceae found in Western Australia, where it grows on granite outcrops and hill, ridges and breakaways and on coastal limestone. It grows to a height of 0.2 - 0.8 m and its white fl ...

'' Sond. (WA) *''

Leucopogon squarrosus ''Leucopogon'' is a genus of about 150-160 species of shrubs or small trees in 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 ...

'' Benth. (WA) **''Leucopogon squarrosus'' Benth. subsp. ''squarrosus'' (WA) **''Leucopogon squarrosus'' subsp. ''trigynus'' Hislop (WA) *'' Leucopogon stenophyllus'' Hislop (WA) *'' Leucopogon stokesii'' Hislop (WA) *'' Leucopogon striatus'' R.Br. (WA) *''

Leucopogon strictus ''Leucopogon'' is a genus of about 150-160 species of shrubs or small trees in 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 ...

'' Benth. (WA) * *''

Leucopogon strongylophyllus ''Leucopogon strongylophyllus'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemism, endemic to the Southwest Australia, southwest of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with crowded egg-shaped or round leaves and wh ...

'' F.Muell. (WA) * *'' Leucopogon subsejunctus'' Hislop (WA) *''

Leucopogon tamariscinus ''Leucopogon'' is a genus of about 150-160 species of shrubs or small trees in 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 ...

'' R.Br. (WA) *'' Leucopogon tamminensis'' E.Pritz. (WA) * **''Leucopogon tamminensis'' var. ''australis'' E.Pritz. (WA) * **''Leucopogon tamminensis'' E.Pritz. var. ''tamminensis'' (WA) * *'' Leucopogon tenuicaulis'' J.M.Powell ex Hislop (WA) *''

Leucopogon tenuis ''Leucopogon'' is a genus of about 150-160 species of shrubs or small trees in 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 ...

'' DC. (WA) *'' Leucopogon tetragonus'' Sond. (WA) *''

Leucopogon thymifolius ''Leucopogon'' is a genus of about 150-160 species of shrubs or small trees in 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 ...

'' Lindl. ex Benth. (WA) *''

Leucopogon trichostylus ''Leucopogon'' is a genus of about 150-160 species of shrubs or small trees in 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 ...

'' J.M.Powell (Qld, NSW * *'' Leucopogon unilateralis'' Stschegl. (WA) *'' Leucopogon validus'' Hislop & A.R.Chapm. (WA) *''

Leucopogon verticillatus ''Leucopogon verticillatus'', or tassel flower, is the tallest epacrid in Western Australia. Its striking form and similarity to bamboo made it the first Western Australia export to Japan, where it is used in flower arrangement. It was one of t ...

'' R.Br. (WA) *'' Leucopogon virgatus'' (Labill.) R.Br. (SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas) **''Leucopogon virgatus'' var. ''brevifolius'' Benth. (SA, Vic, Tas) **''Leucopogon virgatus'' (Labill.) R.Br. var. ''virgatus'' (SA, ACT, Vic, Tas) *''

Leucopogon wheelerae ''Leucopogon'' is a genus of about 150-160 species of shrubs or small trees in 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 ...

'' Hislop (WA) *'' Leucopogon woodsii'' F.Muell. (WA, SA, Vic) * *''

Leucopogon yorkensis ''Leucopogon'' is a genus of about 150-160 species of shrubs or small trees in 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 ...

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References

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