Baeckea leptophylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is native to Western Australia.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Baeckea |
| Species: | B. leptophylla
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| Binomial name | |
| Baeckea leptophylla | |
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Harmogia leptophylla Turcz. | |
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.[3][4] In 1923, Karel Domin changed the name to Baeckea leptophylla.[5] The specific epithet (leptophylla) means "thin-leaved".[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Baeckea leptophylla". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- ^ "Baeckea leptophylla". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Harmogia leptophylla". APNI. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- ^ Turczaninow, Nikolai (1852). "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. 10: 330. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- ^ "Baeckea leptophylla". APNI. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 238. ISBN 9780958034180.
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