Lachnostachys eriobotrya

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Lachnostachys eriobotrya
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in Kalbarri National Park
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Lachnostachys
Species:
L. eriobotrya
Binomial name
Lachnostachys eriobotrya
Synonyms [1]

Lachnostachys rodwayanaW.Fitzg.
Lachnostachys walcottiiF.Muell.
Pycnolachne ledifoliaTurcz.
Walcottia eriobotryaF.Muell.

Lachnostachys eriobotrya (common name - Lambswool) [2] is a plant in the Lamiaceae family, native to Western Australia. [1]

It was first described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1859 as Walcottia eriobotrya', [3] [4] but was transferred to the genus Lachnostachys in 1917 by George Claridge Druce. [3] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Lachnostachys eriobotrya (F.Muell.)Druce | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  2. "Lachnostachys eriobotrya". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. 1 2 "Lachnostachys eriobotrya". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  4. Mueller, F.J.H. von (1859). "Additamenta, index". Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. 1: 241.
  5. Druce, G.C. (1917). "Nomenclatorial Notes: chiefly African and Australian". The Botanical Exchange Club and Society of the British Isles Report for 1916, Suppl. 2: 630.