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Pentalepis trichodesmoides

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Pentalepis trichodesmoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Pentalepis
Species:
P. trichodesmoides
Binomial name
Pentalepis trichodesmoides

Pentalepis trichodesmoides is a species of flowering plant endemic to Australia, and found in the Northern Territory and Western Australia.[1]

It was first described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1863.[2][3] The species epithet, trichodesmoides, refers to the likeness of this plant to Trichodesma zeylanicum at the beginning of flowering.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Pentalepis trichodesmoides F.Muell. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  2. ^ "Pentalepis trichodesmoides". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  3. ^ a b Mueller, F.J.H. von (1863). "A Record of the Plants collected by Mr Pemberton Walcott and Mr Maitland Brown, in the year 1861, during Mr F. Gregory's Exploring Expedition into North-West Australia". Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal N. Ser. 17 (2): 231.
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