''Styphelia tortifolia'' is a small shrub species in the family Ericaceae. It is found in Western Australia.

Distribution

It is found in Beard's south-western province.

Taxonomy

The species was first described in 1845 as ''Astroloma glaucescens'' by Otto Sonder. However, in 2020 phylogenetic studies by Darren Crayn, Michael Hislop and Caroline Puente-Lelièvre determined that ''Astroloma'' needed to be sunk into ''

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''. This resulted in the accepted (by the herbarium of Western Australia) description as ''Styphelia tortifolia'' by Crayn, Hislop and Puente-Lelièvre, since the name ''Styphelia glaucescens'' had already been used for a different plant species.

Etymology

The specific epithet, ''tortifolia'', derives from the Latin ''tortus'' (twisted) and ''folium'' (leaf), referring "to the longitudinally twisted leaves that are a common feature of this species."

References

{{Ericaceae-stub tortifolia Flora of Western Australia Plants described in 1845