Baeckea leptophylla explained

Baeckea leptophylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is native to Western Australia.

The species was first formally described in 1852 by Nikolai Turczaninow who gave it the name Harmogia leptophylla in the Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg from specimens collected by James Drummond.[1] [2] In 1923, Karel Domin changed the name to Baeckea leptophylla.[3] The specific epithet (leptophylla) means "thin-leaved".[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Harmogia leptophylla. APNI. 30 January 2022.
  2. Turczaninow . Nikolai . Myrtaceae Xerocarpicae in Nova Hollandia a cl. Drummond lectae et plerumque in collectione ejus quinta distributae, determinatae et descriptae . Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg . 1852 . 10 . 330 . 30 January 2022.
  3. Web site: Baeckea leptophylla. APNI. 30 January 2022.
  4. Book: Sharr . Francis Aubi . George . Alex . Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings . 2019 . Four Gables Press . Kardinya, WA . 9780958034180 . 238 . 3rd.

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