Ptilotus auriculifolius | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Amaranthaceae |
Genus: | Ptilotus |
Species: | P. auriculifolius |
Binomial name | |
Ptilotus auriculifolius | |
Synonyms [3] | |
Ptilotus siphonandrus(Diels) Schinz Contents |
Ptilotus auriculifolius is an herb in the Amaranthaceae family. [4]
Ptilotus auriculifolius is found only in Western Australia, [3] [5] in Beard's Eremaean Province, that is, in the IBRA regions of Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, and the Pilbara. [4]
It was first described in 1849 by Alfred Moquin-Tandon as Trichinium auriculifolium, [1] [6] but was redescribed in 1882 by Ferdinand von Mueller as belonging to the genus, Ptilotus . [1] [2]
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