Cyathostemon ambiguus

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Cyathostemon ambiguus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Cyathostemon
Species:
C. ambiguus
Binomial name
Cyathostemon ambiguus

Cyathostemon ambiguus is a member of the family Myrtaceae endemic to Western Australia. [3]

It is found in an area along the south coast extending from the Great Southern and into the south western Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia. [3]

Taxonomy

Cyathostemon ambiguus was first described in 1869 by Ferdinand von Mueller as Astartea ambigua, [1] [4] but in 2012 was transferred to the genus, Cyathostemon , by Barbara Rye and Malcolm Trudgen. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Cyathostemon ambiguus". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  2. 1 2 Barbara L. Rye; Malcolm E. Trudgen (2012). "Seven new combinations for Western Australian members of the Myrtaceae tribe Chamelaucieae" (PDF). Nuytsia . 22 (6): 394–395. ISSN   0085-4417. Wikidata   Q102788263.
  3. 1 2 "Cyathostemon ambiguus". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  4. Mueller, F.J.H. von (1860). "Astartea ambigua". Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. 2 (12): 32.