Key to Tasmanian Dicots
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Leucopogon (Ericaceae) 2:434

Leucopogon is one of the largest genera in the Australian flora (with over 400 species). Tasmania has 10 of the species. These are all native shrubs, but range in habit from only a few cm (e.g. L. pilifer) to several metres tall, and range in habitat from the alpine zone to dry sclerophyll woodlands and coastal areas.

Species of Leucopogon have flowers with densely bearded corolla lobes (the name means white beard in Latin), although species of several other genera also have such hairs (e.g. Pentachondra and Androstoma).

Three species were previously called Leucopogon,  but are now classified as species of Androstoma or Acrothamnus.

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