Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Conostephium prolatum
Ericaceae Juss.
Conostephium prolatum Hislop , legitimate, scientific
Hislop, M. (25 July 2013), A taxonomic update of Conostephium (Ericaceae: Styphelioideae: Styphelieae). Nuytsia 23: 329-331, Figs 3 (map), 6C, 8 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: southern Fitzgerald River National Park, Western Australia [precise locality withheld for conservation reasons], Western Australia, 29 August 2011, M. Hislop 4139 (holo: PERTH 08318026; iso: CANB, K, MEL, NSW).
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "From the Latin prolatus (lengthened, extended), a reference to the longer leaves with longer mucros, relative to the similar species, C. roei."
Parker, C.M. & Biggs, L.J. (1 May 2014), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2013. Nuytsia 24: 46 [secondary reference]