Hairy anchor plant | |
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Rare (NCA) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rhamnaceae |
Genus: | Discaria |
Species: | D. pubescens |
Binomial name | |
Discaria pubescens | |
Synonyms | |
Colletia pubescensBrongn. |
Discaria pubescens, the hairy anchor plant or Australian anchor plant, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae. It is native to Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland in Australia. [2]
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Stackhousia is a genus of annual and perennial plants in the family Celastraceae that are native to Australia, New Zealand, Malesia and Micronesia. The genus was first described by James Edward Smith in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London in 1798.
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