Leucopogon extremus: Difference between revisions

'''''Leucopogon extremus''''' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family [[Ericaceae]] and is [[endemism|endemic]] to a restricted part of the [[Jarrah Forest]] bioregion in the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with "remarkably anomalous morphology.<ref name=FB>{{FloraBase|id=41160|name=''Leucopogon extremus''}}</ref><ref name="ASB">{{cite journal |last1=Hislop |first1=Michael C. |last2=Puente-Lelièvre |first2=Caroline |title=''Leucopogon extremus'' (Styphelieae, Styphelioideae, Ericaceae), a remarkable new species that expands the morphological circumscription of ''Leucopogon sens. str.'' |journal=Australian Systematic Botany |date=2012 |volume=25 |issue=3 |page=202}}</ref> The species was first formally described in 2012 by [[Michael Clyde Hislop]] and [[Caroline Puente-Lelièvre]] from specimens collected north-west of [[Collie, Western Australia|Collie]] in 2006. The [[Binomial nomenclature|specific epithet]] (''extremus'') refers to the "remarkably aberrant morphology" of the species.<ref name=APNI>{{cite web|title=''Leucopogon extremus''|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/749565|publisher=APNI|accessdate=24 December 2022}}</ref> It is listed as "[[Declared Rare and Priority Flora List|Priority Two]]" by the Western Australian Government [[Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (Western Australia)|Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions]],<ref name="FB" /> meaning that it is poorly known and from only one or a few locations.<ref name=codes>{{cite web|title=Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna|url=https://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/images/documents/plants-animals/threatened-species/Listings/Conservation%20code%20definitions.pdf|publisher=Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife|accessdate=24 December 2022}}</ref>