Common Names
Common Names in English:
Common Beard-Heath
Description
Physical Description
Habit: Evergreen .
Flowers: Bloom Period: March. • Flower Color: near white, white
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 18-24" tall.
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,397 meters (0 to 4,583 feet).[1]
Biome: Disturbed areas, natural forest , range/grasslands, scrub/shrublands, wetlands
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Dilleniidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Ericanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Ericales
()
- Dumortier, 1829
- Family:
Epacridaceae
()
- R. Brown, 1810
- Subfamily:
Styphelioideae
()
- Genus:
Leucopogon
()
- R. Brown, 1810, nom. cons.
- Specific epithet:
virgatus
- R.Br.
- Botanical name: - Leucopogon virgatus
- Specific epithet:
virgatus
- R.Br.
- Genus:
Leucopogon
(
- Subfamily:
Styphelioideae
(
- Family:
Epacridaceae
(
- Order:
Ericales
(
- Superorder:
Ericanae
(
- Subclass:
Dilleniidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author
: R.Br.
Publication
: Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 1810 (27 Mar. 1810)
Basionym
author: (Labill.)
Similar Species
Members of the genus Leucopogon
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 371 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
L. abnormis · L. acicularis · L. aclcularis · L. acuminatus · L. acutifolius · L. adpressus · L. affinis · L. albicans · L. allittii · L. alternifolius · L. amplectens · L. amplexicaulis · L. angustatus · L. angustatus var. angustatus · L. angustatus var. hirsutus · L. apiculatus · L. appressus · L. assimilis · L. assimilis var. assimilis · L. assimilis var. callosus · L. assimilis var. rudis · L. assimllis · L. astrolomioides · L. astrolomoides · L. atherolepis · L. atherolepis var. atherolepis · L. atherolepis var. densiflorus · L. attenuatus · L. australis · L. australis acutifolius · L. bellignianus · L. biflorus · L. billardierei · L. blakei · L. blepharodes · L. blepharolepis · L. bossiaea · L. brachycephalus · L. brachycephalus var. brachycephalus · L. brachycephalus var. heterophyllus · L. bracteolaris · L. brevibarbis · L. brevicuspis · L. breviflorus · L. brevifolius · L. brevistylis · L. capitellatus · L. capitellatus var. capitellatus · L. capitellatus var. sparsiflorus · L. carinatus · L. cicatricatus · L. cictricatus · L. ciliatus · L. cinereus · L. clelandi · L. clelandii · L. cochlearifolius · L. coelophyllus · L. colensoi · L. collinus · L. collinus f. cinereus · L. collinus f. collinus · L. collinus f. spiciger · L. collinus f. thymifolius · L. collinus forma collinus · L. collinus var. billardierei · L. collinus var. brownii · L. collinus var. collinus · L. compactus · L. concavus · L. conchifolius · L. concinnus · L. concurvus · L. confertus · L. conostephioides · L. cordatus · L. cordifolius · L. corifolius · L. corynocarpus · L. coryphilus · L. costatus · L. crassiflorus · L. crassifolius · L. cryptanthus · L. cucullatus · L. cuneifolius · L. cunninghami · L. cunninghamii · L. cuspidatus · L. cygnorum · L. cymbiformis · L. cymbiformis complex · L. cymbulae · L. dammarifolius · L. dasystylis · L. decussatus · L. deformis · L. denticulatus · L. denudatus · L. dielsianus
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Further Reading
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 112, p. 176.
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. ENG url p. 403, p. 707.
- Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805 per oras utriusque insulae collegit et descripsit Robertus Brown; insertis passim aliis speciebus auctori hucusque cognitis, seu evulgatis, seu in Londini, Typis R Taylor, veneunt apud J. Johnson, 1810. LAT url p. 543.
Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:
- Australian National Herbarium (CANB)
- GBIF-Spain: Real Jardin Botanico (Madrid), Vascular Plant Herbarium (MA)
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3421065
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:76156-3
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 325503-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 955983
Footnotes
- Mean = 284.830 meters (934.482 feet), Standard Deviation = 325.490 based on 244 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
