Biology:Pentachondra involucrata

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Pentachondra involucrata
Frilly flowers Wineglass Bay lookout Freycinet National Park.JPG
Freycinet National Park, Australia
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Pentachondra
Species:
P. involucrata
Binomial name
Pentachondra involucrata
R.Br.

Pentachondra involucrata, the forest frilly-heath, is a small Tasmanian plant in the family Ericaceae.

The specific epithet involucrata is derived from Latin, translated as "wrapper". It refers to the involucral bract, a whorl of bracts below the flower. It first appeared in scientific literature in 1810, in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae, authored by the prolific Scottish botanist, Robert Brown.[1]

References

  1. "Pentachondra involucrata". Australian National Botanic Gardens. Australian National Herbarium. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?taxon_id=15626. Retrieved 15 March 2012. 

Wikidata ☰ Q73438 entry