''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

bract In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale. Bracts are usually different from foliage leaves. They may be smaller, larger, or of ...

and a pair of similar

bracteoles In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale. Bracts are usually different from foliage leaves. They may be smaller, larger, or of ...

at the base of each flower immediately below the five

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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 filament 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 ''

''. *'' Leucopogon acicularis''

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

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(WA) * *'' Leucopogon alternifolius'' R.Br. (WA) *'' Leucopogon altissimus'' 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'' R.Br. (WA) *'' Leucopogon atherolepis'' Stschegl. (WA) *'' Leucopogon attenuatus''

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

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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'' (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'' 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'' 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'' (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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) A.Rich. (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'' 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'' Stschegl. (WA) *'' Leucopogon gracilis'' R.Br. (WA) *'' Leucopogon gracillimus'' 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'' Pedley (Qld) * *'' Leucopogon hamulosus'' 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'' R.Br. (Qld, NSW, Vic) * *'' Leucopogon lasiophyllus'' Stschegl. (WA) *'' Leucopogon lasiostachyus'' Stschegl. (WA) *'' Leucopogon lavarackii'' Pedley (Qld) * *'' Leucopogon leptanthus'' 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) *'' Leucopogon malayanus''

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'' ( 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 ...

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

'' ( Andrews) 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'' Sond. (WA) * *'' Leucopogon plumuliflorus'' (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. (WA) *'' Leucopogon pogonocalyx'' Benth. (WA) * *'' Leucopogon polymorphus'' Sond. (WA) *'' Leucopogon polystachyus'' R.Br. (WA) *'' Leucopogon prolatus'' Hislop (WA) *'' Leucopogon propinquus'' R.Br. (WA) * *'' Leucopogon psammophilus'' E.Pritz. (WA) *'' Leucopogon psilopus'' 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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(Qld, NSW) * *'' Leucopogon reflexus'' 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'' Summerh. (NSW) *'' Leucopogon rotundifolius'' R.Br. (WA) * *'' Leucopogon rubricaulis'' 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'' R.Br. (NSW) * *'' Leucopogon simulans'' Hislop (WA) *'' Leucopogon sonderensis''

J.H.Willis James Hamlyn Willis (28 January 1910 – 10 November 1995) was an Australian botanist. He described 64 new species of plants, and published more than 880 works including the landmark two-volume ''A Handbook to plants in Victoria'' between 1962 ...

(NT) * *'' Leucopogon spectabilis'' Hislop & A.R.Chapm. (WA) *'' Leucopogon sprengelioides'' Sond. (WA) *'' Leucopogon squarrosus'' 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'' 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'' DC. (WA) *'' Leucopogon tetragonus'' Sond. (WA) *'' Leucopogon thymifolius'' 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'' 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 ...

'' Pedley (Qld) *

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q1936785 Ericaceae genera