Styphelia foliosa, commonly known as candle cranberry, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to the Perth region of Western Australia.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Styphelia |
| Species: | S. foliosa
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Astroloma foliosum Sond. | |
The species was first formally described in 1845 by German botanist Otto Wilhelm Sonder, who gave it the name Astroloma foliosum in Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae, based on plant material collected by James Drummond at Maddington.[3][4] In 2020, Michael Hislop, Darren Crayn and Caroline Puente-Lelievre transferred the species to Styphelia as S. foliosa in Australian Systematic Botany.[5][6]
Styphelia foliosa occurs near Perth in the Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Styphelia foliosa". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
- ^ a b "Styphelia foliosa (Sond.) Hislop, Crayn & Puente-Lel". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Astroloma foliosum". APNI. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
- ^ Sonder, Otto W.; Lehmann, Johann G.C. (1845). Plantae Preissianae. Hamburg: Sumptibus Meissneri. p. 297. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
- ^ "Styphelia foliosa". APNI. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
- ^ Lang, Peter (17 December 2021). "Taming the heaths: re-definition of Styphelia and Leucopogon and the demise of Astroloma". Know Our Plants. Retrieved 3 July 2023.