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Ericaceae

Styphelia

Styphelia nesophila (DC.) Sleumer

First published in Blumea 12: 153 (1963)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is E. New South Wales to Tasmania, New Zealand. It grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

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Native to:

New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Tasmania, Victoria

Homotypic Synonyms

Leucopogon nesophilus DC. in Prodr. 7: 752 (1839)

Heterotypic Synonyms

Cyathodes fraseri (A.Cunn.) Allan in Fl. New Zealand 1: 517 (1961)
Cyathodes fraseri var. muscosa (G.Simpson) Allan in Fl. New Zealand 1: 517 (1961)
Leucopogon bellignianus Raoul in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 2: 118 (1844)
Leucopogon fraseri A.Cunn. in Ann. Nat. Hist. 2: 47 (1839 publ. 1838)
Leucopogon fraseri var. muscosus G.Simpson in Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 75: 191 (1945)
Leucopogon stuartii F.Muell. ex Sond. in Linnaea 26: 249 (1854)
Pentachondra mucronata Hook.f. in London J. Bot. 6: 270 (1847)
Styphelia fraseri (A.Cunn.) F.Muell. in Syst. Census Austral. Pl.: 107 (1882), nom. illeg. homonym. post.
Styphelia mucronata (Hook.f.) J.H.Willis in Muelleria 1: 141 (1967)

Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Streptophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Subclass Magnoliidae
Order
Ericales

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Family
Ericaceae

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Genus
Styphelia

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Species
Styphelia nesophila

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.
de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Kew Backbone Distributions

Allan, H.A. (1961). Flora of New Zealand 1: 1-1085. Botany division, D.S.I.R., Christchurch.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Kew Data Portal Taxon

Kew Data Portal Occurrences

Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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Kew Living Collection Database
- Common Names from Kew's Living Collection Database
Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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