Leptecophylla

Leptecophylla
Leptecophylla juniperina, Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Genus:	Leptecophylla

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.

As of December 2018, Plants of the World Online accepted 12 species:^[1]

• (Labill.) C.M.Weiller (Tasmania)
• (Sleumer) C.M.Weiller (New Guinea)
• (J.W.Moore) C.M.Weiller (Society Islands)
• (Hook.f.) C.M.Weiller (eastern Tasmania)
• Leptecophylla juniperina (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) C.M.Weiller (Victoria, Tasmania and New Zealand)
• (Kaneh.) C.M.Weiller (Marianas Islands)
• (Jarman) C.M.Weiller (northeast Tasmania)
• C.M.Weiller (Tasmania)
• (A.Gray) C.M.Weiller (Tahiti)
• (Sleumer) C.M.Weiller (Rapa Iti and Austral Islands)
• (Hook.f.) C.M.Weiller (Chatham Islands in New Zealand)
• Leptecophylla tameiameiae (Cham. & Schltdl.) C.M.Weiller (Hawaiian and Marquesas Islands)

Leptecophylla imbricata (Stschegl.) C.M.Weiller is regarded as a separate species by some sources,^[2] but as a synonym of Leptecophylla tameiameiae by others.^[3]

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