| Ptilotus semilanatus | |
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| Growing in Dunmore, Queensland | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Ptilotus |
| Species: | P. semilanatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ptilotus semilanatus | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
Trichinium semilanatumLindl. Contents | |
Ptilotus semilanatus is a grass-like plant in the Amaranthaceae family. [1] [2]
Ptilotus semilanatus is endemic to Australia where it is found in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. [3]
It was first described in 1848 by John Lindley as Trichinium semilanatum. [1] [4] In 1948 John McConnell Black published Ferdinand von Mueller's description where he had reassigned the species to the genus Ptilotus. [1] [5]
John McConnell Black was a Scottish botanist who emigrated to Australia in 1877 and eventually documented and illustrated thousands of flora in South Australia in the early 20th century. His publications assisted many botanists and scientists in the decades that followed. He was the younger brother of theatre and hotel manager Helen Carte.
Kevin R. Thiele is currently an adjunct associate professor at the University of Western Australia and the director of Taxonomy Australia. He was the curator of the Western Australian Herbarium from 2006 to 2015. His research interests include the systematics of the plant families Proteaceae, Rhamnaceae and Violaceae, and the conservation ecology of grassy woodland ecosystems. He also works in biodiversity informatics, developing and teaching the development of interactive multi-access keys, and has been involved in the design of software for the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
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