Leionema lamprophyllum
| Shiny phebalium | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Leionema |
| Species: | L. lamprophyllum
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| Binomial name | |
| Leionema lamprophyllum | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Leionema lamprophyllum commonly known as shiny phebalium,[3]is a flowering shrub in the family Rutaceae. It is a compact shrub with shiny, green leaves, white flowers and is endemic to Australia.
Description
Leionema lamprophyllum is a shrub to 2 m (6 ft 7 in) high, glandular, warty, terete to more or less angled stems when young, star-shaped and simple hairs. Leaves are arranged alternately, aromatic, elliptic to broadly egg-shaped or more or less circular, smooth, 0.3–1 cm (0.12–0.39 in) long, 2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) wide and ending in a point or rounded. Flowers are borne in leaf axils or branch terminals, petals narrow-elliptic, 2.3–3.1 mm (0.091–0.122 in) long, white with pink tips on the outside. Flowering occurs in winter-spring and the fruit is a schizocarp capsule about 3 mm (0.12 in) long.[3][4][5]
Three subspecies are recognised:
- Leionema lamprophyllum (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson subsp. lamprophyllum
- Leionema lamprophyllum subsp. obovatum F.M.Anderson
- Leionema lamprophyllum subsp. orbiculare F.M.Anderson
The species occurs in New South Wales, Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory.[3]
References
- ^ "Leionema lamprophyllum". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
- ^ "Leionema lamprophyllum ". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Archived from the original on 2023-03-02. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
- ^ a b c "Leionema lamprophyllum ". PlantNET — NSW Flora Online. 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
- ^ Walsh, Neville. "Leionema lamprophyllum". VICFLORA-Flora of Victoria. Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 20 February 2026.
- ^ Bell, Stephen; Rockley, Christine; Llewellyn, Anne (2019). Flora of the Hunter Region. Victoria: CSIRO Publishing. p. 86. ISBN 9781486311026.
External links
- "Leionema lamprophyllum (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson". Atlas of Living Australia.