Pentalepis trichodesmoides

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

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

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

  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. 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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