Kingdom Plantae Family Proteaceae Rank Species | Order Proteales Genus Isopogon | |
Isopogon buxifolius is a small shrub that is endemic to the south coast of Western Australia in the vicinity of Albany.
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Description
Isopogon buxifolius grows as a shrub with an erect habit, ranging from 0.3 to 1.7 m high.
Taxonomy
Isopogon buxifolius was first described by Robert Brown in 1810. 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. Because Isopogon was based on Isopogon anemonifolius, and that species had already been placed by Richard Salisbury in the segregate genus Atylus in 1807, Kuntze revived the latter genus on the grounds of priority, and made the new combination Atylus buxifolius for this species. However, Kuntze's revisionary program was not accepted by the majority of botanists. Ultimately, the genus Isopogon was nomenclaturally conserved over Atylus by the International Botanical Congress of 1905.
Distribution and habitat
Isopogon buxifolius is found on sandplains, where it grows on sand, gravelly or clay soils in depressions with excess moisture.