Anthotroche myoporoides

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Anthotroche myoporoides
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Anthotroche
Species:
A. myoporoides
Binomial name
Anthotroche myoporoides

Anthotroche myoporoides is a plant species in the family Solanaceae, native to Western Australia. [1] [2] It was first described in 1943 by Charles Gardner. [3] [4]

It is an intricately branched shrub, with white-cream-green flowers from August to January, and growing to heights of 60 cm to 3 m. on red or yellow sand. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Anthotroche myoporoides". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions . Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  2. "Anthotroche myoporoides". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  3. Charles Austin Gardner (1942). "Contributiones Florae Australiae Occidentalis XI". Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia . 27: 165-211 [191]. ISSN   0035-922X. Wikidata   Q113870800.