Paphia meiniana

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Paphia meiniana
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Paphia
Species:
P. meiniana
Binomial name
Paphia meiniana
Synonyms

Agapetes meiniana F.Muell.

Paphia meiniana is a plant in the Ericaceae family. [1] [2]

Contents

It was first described in 1887 as Agapetes meiniana by Ferdinand von Mueller. [1] [3] In 1918 Rudolf Schlechter transferred it to the genus, Paphia. [1] [4]

It is endemic to north-east Queensland, growing in the wet tropics, [1] as an epiphyte in the crowns of large trees, looking much like a vine. However on rocky summits it grows as a shrub. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Paphia meiniana F.Muell. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Paphia meiniana (F.Muell.) Schltr". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  3. Ferdinand von Mueller (1887). "Descriptions of new Australian plants (continued)". The Victorian Naturalist . 3 (11): 157–160 [158]. ISSN   0042-5184. Wikidata   Q124841229.
  4. Schlechter, F.R.R. (1918), Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 55: 183
  5. Zich F.A., Hyland B.P.M., Whiffin T., Kerrigan R.A. (2020). "Paphia meiniana". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8 (apps.lucidcentral.org). Retrieved 12 March 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)