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Pentachondra involucrata

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Species of flowering plant

Pentachondra involucrata
Freycinet National Park, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Pentachondra
Species: P. involucrata
Binomial name
Pentachondra involucrata
R.Br.

Pentachondra involucrata, the forest frilly-heath, is a small Tasmanian plant in the family Ericaceae.

The specific epithet involucrata is derived from Latin, translated as "wrapper". It refers to the involucral bract, a whorl of bracts below the flower. It first appeared in scientific literature in 1810, in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae, authored by the prolific Scottish botanist, Robert Brown.

References

  1. "Pentachondra involucrata". Australian National Botanic Gardens. Australian National Herbarium. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
Taxon identifiers
Pentachondra involucrata


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