Styphelia hamulosa

Styphelia hamulosa is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It was first formally described in 1904 by Ernst Georg Pritzel who gave it the name Leucopogon hamulosus in Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie from specimens he collected near Mingenew.^[2] In 1963, Hermann Otto Sleumer transferred the species to Styphelia as S. hamulosa in the journal Blumea.^[1] The specific epithet (hamulosa) means "having small hooks" referring to the tips of the leaves.^[3]

Styphelia hamulosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Styphelia
Species:	S. hamulosa
Binomial name
Styphelia hamulosa (E.Pritz.) Sleumer[1]
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms[1]
Leucopogon hamulosus E.Pritz.

Styphelia hamulosa occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Mallee, Murchison and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia and is listed as "not threatened", by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.^[4]