Styphelia rufa(Lindl.) F.Muell.

WFO wfo-0000499572 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Styphelia rufa, photographed by Kym Nicolson
fig. a Kym Nicolson, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-04-27 / obs. 69870988
Styphelia rufa, photographed by Andrew Thornhill
fig. b Andrew Thornhill, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 56025537
Styphelia rufa, photographed by Kym Nicolson
fig. c Kym Nicolson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 66468112
Styphelia rufa, photographed by Kym Nicolson
fig. d Kym Nicolson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 75857409
Styphelia rufa, photographed by linleymcg
fig. e linleymcg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 74498641
Styphelia rufa, photographed by Connor Margetts
fig. f Connor Margetts, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 150480205
Styphelia rufa, photographed by Connor Margetts
fig. g Connor Margetts, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 107792258
Styphelia rufa, photographed by Connor Margetts
fig. h Connor Margetts, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 107783876

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Native range 3 botanical countries

Regions where Styphelia rufa is native: New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria New South WalesSouth AustraliaVictoria
Native distribution of Styphelia rufa, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
New South Wales NSW AUSTRALASIA
South Australia SOA
Victoria VIC

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 3 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Leucopogon astrolomioides F.Muell. ex Sond.
  • Leucopogon dasystylis Sond.
  • Leucopogon rufus Lindl.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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