Isopogon buxifolius

Isopogon buxifolius is a small shrub that is endemic to the south coast of Western Australia in the vicinity of Albany.^[1]

Description

Isopogon buxifolius grows as a shrub with an erect habit, ranging from 0.3 to 1.7 m high.^[1]

Taxonomy

Isopogon buxifolius was first described by Robert Brown in 1810.^[2] In 1891, German botanist Otto Kuntze published Revisio generum plantarum, his response to what he perceived as a lack of method in existing nomenclatural practice.^[3] Because Isopogon was based on Isopogon anemonifolius,^[4] and that species had already been placed by Richard Salisbury in the segregate genus Atylus in 1807,^[5] Kuntze revived the latter genus on the grounds of priority, and made the new combination Atylus buxifolius for this species.^[6] However, Kuntze's revisionary program was not accepted by the majority of botanists.^[3] Ultimately, the genus Isopogon was nomenclaturally conserved over Atylus by the International Botanical Congress of 1905.^[7]

Distribution and habitat

Isopogon buxifolius is found on sandplains, where it grows on sand, gravelly or clay soils in depressions with excess moisture.^[1]

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