Biology:Lythrum paradoxum

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Short description: Plant species in the loosestrife family

Lythrum paradoxum
on higher land in a lignum swamp, Narran Lake, NSW (2025-03-16)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Lythraceae
Genus: Lythrum
Species:
L. paradoxum
Binomial name
Lythrum paradoxum
Koehne

Lythrum paradoxum is a plant in the Lythraceae family and was first described in 1897 by Bernhard Adalbert Emil Koehne.[1][2]

It is an erect woody plant growing to heights of 0.6 to 1 m.[3]

It is native to all mainland states of Australia,[1] where it is found in sandy or alluvial soils along creeks and drainage areas[4] (in damp places).[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Lythrum paradoxum Koehne | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:553770-1. 
  2. Koehne, B.A.E. (27 August 1897), Lythraceae adjectis specierum nonnullarum extraamericanorum descriptionibus. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 23 (Beiblatt 57): 19
  3. Western Australian Herbarium, Biodiversity and Conservation Science. "Florabase—the Western Australian flora: Lythrum paradoxum" (in en). https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/17847. 
  4. H.J. Hewson (2024). "Lythrum paradoxum". Flora of Australia (Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra). https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Lythrum%20paradoxum. Retrieved 16 April 2025. 
  5. "PlantNET - FloraOnline: Lythrum paradoxum". https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Lythrum~paradoxum. 

Wikidata ☰ Q17583572 entry