Leptecophylla

Leptecophylla
Leptecophylla juniperina, Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Leptecophylla C.M.Weiller

Leptecophylla is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. The genus is native to southeastern Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands. Some species in this genus were formerly classified within the genera Cyathodes, Lissanthe, Styphelia and Trochocarpa.

Species include:^[1]

• Leptecophylla abietina (Labill.) C.M.Weiller (Tasmania)
• Leptecophylla brassii (Sleumer) C.M.Weiller (New Guinea)
• Leptecophylla brevistyla (J.W.Moore) C.M.Weiller (Society Islands)
• Leptecophylla divaricata (Hook.f.) C.M.Weiller (eastern Tasmania)
• Leptecophylla imbricata (Stschegl.) C.M.Weiller (Hawaii)
• Leptecophylla juniperina (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) C.M.Weiller (Victoria, Tasmania and New Zealand)
• Leptecophylla mariannensis (Kaneh.) C.M.Weiller (Marianas Islands)
• Leptecophylla pendulosa (Jarman) C.M.Weiller (northeast Tasmania)
• Leptecophylla pogonocalyx C.M.Weiller (Tasmania)
• Leptecophylla rapae (Sleumer) C.M.Weiller (Rapa Iti and Austral Islands)
• Leptecophylla pomarae (A.Gray) C.M.Weiller (Tahiti)
• Leptecophylla robusta (Hook.f.) C.M.Weiller (Chatham Islands in New Zealand)
• Leptecophylla tameiameiae (Cham. & Schltdl.) C.M.Weiller (Hawaiian and Marquesas Islands)

References

1. "Leptecophylla". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2009-05-11.