Species profile—Lissanthe brevistyla
Classification
Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Ericaceae → Lissanthe brevistyla
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Plantae (plants)
- Class
- Equisetopsida (land plants)
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Scientific name
- Lissanthe brevistyla A.R.Bean
- WildNet taxon ID
- 27447
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Vulnerable
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Confidential
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Description
- Lissanthe brevistyla is a spreading shrub growing to 1.5m tall and 2.5m across. The branchlets are slightly hairy. The leaves are narrow to lance-shaped with a stiff sharp point, 10-25mm long, 1.8-3mm wide, hairless, dark green above and whitish below. The leaf stalks are 0.8-1.5mm long.
The dense, spike-like flower clusters contain 18-26 white or pink flowers and are up to 25mm long. The flower clusters arise from where the uppermost leaves join the branchlet or from the tip of the branchlet. The mature fruits are globular or slightly depressed, 4-6mm long, 4-6.5mm in diameter, smooth and purple-blue coloured. (Bean 2001; Crayn et al. 2003) - Map
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- Distribution
- Lissanthe brevistyla is endemic to an area between Marlborough and Glenroy in central-eastern Queensland. (Herbrecs 2008)
- Distributional limits
- -22.9593378, 149.8266022
-23.1075896, 150.0846934 - Range derivation
- Range derived from extent of the taxon's verified records
- Habitat
- Lissanthe brevistyla is confined to steep hillsides in eucalypt woodlands, on red gravely soil or on loose stony slopes. (Bean 2001; Crayn et al. 2003)
- Reproduction
- Lissanthe brevistyla develops flowers and fruits in November. Lissanthe brevistyla spreads by a creeping underground root system and can form dense clumps. (Crayn et al. 2003)
- Notes
- Contributors: Tony Bean, Mellisa Mayhew 19/06/2009
- References
- Bean, A.R. (2001). A new species of Lissanthe R.Br. (Epacridaceae) from Queensland. Austrobaileya 6(1): 99-101.
Crayn, D.M., Brown, E.A. & Powell, J.M. (2003). A revision of Lissanthe (Styphelioideae: Ericaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 16(5): 595-619.
Herbrecs (2008). Lissanthe brevistyla, in BriMapper version 2.12. Queensland Herbarium. Accessed 08/10/2008. - Profile author
- Tony Bean (19/06/2009)
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=27447.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
