Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,397 meters (0 to 4,583 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Dilleniidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Ericanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Ericales
()
- Dumortier, 1829
- Family:
Epacridaceae
()
- R. Brown, 1810
- Subfamily:
Epacridoideae
()
- Genus:
Epacris
()
- Cavanilles, 1797, nom. cons.
- Specific epithet:
microphylla
- Hook.f.
- Botanical name: - Epacris microphylla
- Specific epithet:
microphylla
- Hook.f.
- Genus:
Epacris
(
- Subfamily:
Epacridoideae
(
- Family:
Epacridaceae
(
- Order:
Ericales
(
- Superorder:
Ericanae
(
- Subclass:
Dilleniidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author : Hook.f. Publication : Hooker's London Journal of Botany 6 1847An accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Epacris
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 136 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
E. acuminata · E. alpina · E. apiculata · E. apsleyensis · E. attenuata · E. attleana · E. autumnale · E. autumnalis · E. barbata · E. bawbawiensis · E. bicolor · E. breviflora · E. calvertiana · E. calvertiana var. calvertiana · E. calvertiana var. versicolor · E. campanulata · E. capitata · E. carinata · E. celata · E. ceraeflora · E. ceriflora · E. cerinthoides · E. coccinea · E. conspicua · E. coriacea · E. corymbiflora · E. craegii · E. 'Cranbourne Bells' · E. crassifolia · E. cunninghami · E. curtisiae · E. delicata · E. densiflora · E. diosmaefolia · E. diosmifolia · E. dubia · E. exserta · E. exserta var. virgata · E. fasciculata · E. fimbriata · E. franklinii · E. franklinii 'Union Bridge' · E. frondosa · E. glabella · E. glacialis · E. gracilis · E. grandiflora · E. grandiflora-rubra · E. grandis · E. graniticola · E. gunnii · E. hamiltoni · E. hamiltonii · E. heteronema · E. hirtella · E. hyacinthiflora · E. impressa (Common Heath) · E. impressa forma impressa · E. impressa 'Rubella' · E. impressa 'Strathgordon White' · E. impressa var. grandiflora · E. impressa var. impressa · E. impressa var. ovata · E. impressa var. pudica · E. impressa var. rosea · E. juniperina · E. laevigata · E. lanuginosa · E. latifolia · E. limata · E. limbata · E. lithophila · E. longiflora · E. longiflora forma incarnata (Fuchsia-Heath) · E. longiflora forma longiflora · E. longifolia · E. maidenii · E. marginata · E. micranthera · E. microphylla · E. microphylla var. microphylla · E. microphylla var. rhombifolia · E. miniata · E. mucronulata · E. muehlenbeckii · E. muelleri · E. multiflora · E. mutabilis · E. myrtifolia · E. navicularis · E. nivalis · E. nivea · E. obtusifolia · E. odorata · E. onosmaeflora · E. onosmiflora · E. paludosa · E. pauciflora · E. pentapetala · E. petrophila
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Further Reading
- Botanisches Zentralblatt; referierendes Organ für das Gesamtgebiet der Botanik. Jena [etc.]G. Fischer [etc.] GER url p. 271.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 113, p. 174.
- Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal. url p. 156.
- Just's botanischer jahresbericht. Systematisch geordnetes repertorium der botanischen literatur aller länder. Berlin, Gebr. Borntraeger, 1874-98; GER url p. 192, p. 252, p. 580.
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. ENG url p. 691.
- Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. Melbourne: The Society, 1889- ENG url p. 91.
- Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805 per oras utriusque insulae collegit et descripsit Robertus Brown; insertis passim aliis speciebus auctori hucusque cognitis, seu evulgatis, seu in Londini, Typis R Taylor, veneunt apud J. Johnson, 1810. LAT url p. 550.
- The Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria. [Melbourne]:Dept. of Agriculture, Victoria, 1902-1955. ENG url p. 502.
- The Victorian naturalist. [Melbourne]Field Naturalists Club of Victoria. ENG url p. 110, p. 116, p. 131, p. 163, p. 167, p. 168, p. 18, p. 188, p. 222, p. 27, p. 64, p. 82, p. 86, p. 91, p. 98, p. 99.
- Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. Wellington: J. Hughes, Printer, 1869-1934. ENG url p. 369, p. 372.
Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 02, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 02, 2007:
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3421057
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15464882
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:96287-3
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 96287-3
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 736579
Footnotes
- Mean = 453.070 meters (1,486.450 feet), Standard Deviation = 433.100 based on 395 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
