Archeria hirtella

Archeria hirtella is a species of shrub in the family Ericaceae. It is native to Tasmania, Australia.[4]

Archeria hirtella
Plate LXXXI (Fitch)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Archeria
Species:
A. hirtella
Binomial name
Archeria hirtella
Synonyms[3]

Epacris hirtella Hook.f.

Taxonomy

Joseph Hooker first described it in 1847 as Epacris hirtella from a specimen collected in Macquarie Harbour by Gunn,[2][5] but in 1860 he assigned it to the genus, Archeria.[2][1]

References

  1. Hooker, J.D. (1860) The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 1(4): 263, t. 81
  2. "Archeria hirtella". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  3. "Archeria hirtella Hook.f. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  4. Crayn, D. M.; Quinn, C. J. (1998). "Archerieae: a new tribe in Epacridaceae". Australian Systematic Botany. 11 (1): 23. doi:10.1071/SB97002. ISSN 1030-1887.
  5. Hooker, J.D. in Hooker, W.J. (1847) Florae Tasmaniae Spicilegium: or, Contributions towards a Flora of Van Diemen's Land. London Journal of Botany 6: 271


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