Pentachondra involucrata

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Wikipedia links:       Angiosperms  > Eudicots > Asterids > Ericales >  Ericaceae > Pentachondra involucrata

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Common name:                Forest Frilly-heath 

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

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• 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

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• (2023)