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Dracophyllum verticillatum

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Species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae

Dracophyllum verticillatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Dracophyllum
Species: D. verticillatum
Binomial name
Dracophyllum verticillatum
Labill.
Synonyms

Dracophyllum dracaenoides Schltr.

Dracophyllum verticillatum is a species of shrub or small tree endemic to New Caledonia. It was first described by Jacques Labillardière in 1800 and gets the specific epithet verticillatum for its flowers growing on verticillasters. In the heath family Ericaceae, it inhabits exposed plains and gentle mountain slopes and reaches a height of 0.2–7 m tall.

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Citations

  1. ^ Venter, Stephanus (March 2021). "A taxonomic revision of the Australasian genera Dracophyllum and Richea (Richeeae: Styphelioideae: Ericaceae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 34 (2): 73–76. doi:10.1071/SB19049_CO. ISSN 1030-1887.
Species of the Dracophyllum genus
subg. Dracophyllum
subg. Oreothamnus
subg. Cystanthe
subg. Richea
Taxon identifiers
Dracophyllum verticillatum
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