Epacris serpyllifolia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Ericaceae
Subfamilia: Epacridoideae
Tribus: Epacrideae
Genus: Epacris
Species: Epacris serpyllifolia
Name

Epacris serpyllifolia R.Br., 1810

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental:Australasia
Regional:Australia
Australia (Tasmania)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Brown, R. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. pp. i–viii + 145–590, Londini: R.Taylor. BHL Reference page. : 551.

Links

Hassler, M. 2020. Epacris serpyllifolia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr 22. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Epacris serpyllifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Epacris serpyllifolia. Published online. Accessed: Apr 22 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Epacris serpyllifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Apr 2020.

Vernacular names

Epacris serpyllifoliais a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is a small low-lying or weakly erect shrub with heart-shaped to broadly egg-shaped leaves and tube-shaped white flowers crowded in upper leaf axils.
Contents

1 Description
2 Taxonomy
3 Distribution
4 References

Description

Epacris serpyllifolia is a prostrate, low-lying or weakly erect, sometimes bushy shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 30 cm (12 in). Its leaves are egg-shaped, 2–6 mm (0.079–0.236 in) long, sometimes with a short point on the end. The flowers are borne in leaf axils near the ends of branches with often coloured sepals about 3 mm (0.12 in) long. The petal tube is slightly longer than the sepals and the petal lobes are shorter than the petal tube, and the anthers sometimes slightly longer than the petal tube.[2][3][4]
Taxonomy

Epacris serpyllifolia was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae.[5][6] The specific epithet (serpyllifolia) mean "wild thyme-leaved".[7]
Distribution

This epacris is endemic to Tasmania where it is widespread and abundant in alpine and subalpine areas.[8]
References

"Epacris serpyllifolia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1868). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 4. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 240. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
Rodway, Leonard (1903). The Tasmanian Flora. Hobart: Tasmanian Government Printer. p. 121. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
"Epacris serpyllifolia". anpsa.org.au. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
"Epacris serpyllifolia". APNI. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
Brown, Robert (1810). Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae. London. p. 551. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 306. ISBN 9780958034180.
Jordan, Greg. "Epacris serpyllifolia". University of Tasmania. Retrieved 14 July 2022.