Biology:Petermannia
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
| Petermannia | |
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| Petermannia cirrosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Petermanniaceae Hutch.[1] |
| Genus: | Petermannia F.Muell. |
| Species: | P. cirrosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Petermannia cirrosa F.Muell.
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Petermannia is the sole genus of plants in the family Petermanniaceae.[2] Petermannia cirrosa, the only species in the genus, is endemic to the states of New South Wales and Queensland in Australia . it is a prickly, wiry stemmed vine which grows to 6 metres in height and has lancelote, ovate or elliptic leaves with an acute apex.[2] The flowers, which appear during summer, have reflexed reddish green or white tepals. These are followed by rounded red berries.[2]
References
- ↑ Stevens, P. F. (July 2012). "Angiosperm Phylogeny Website". http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/orders/lilialesweb.htm#Petermanniaceae.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Harden, G.J.. "Petermannia". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Petermannia. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
Bibliography
- Christenhusz, Maarten J. M.; Fay, Michael F.; Chase, Mark W. (2017). "Saxifragales". Plants of the World: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Vascular Plants. University of Chicago Press. pp. 231–244. ISBN 978-0-226-52292-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=LLo7DwAAQBAJ.
- "Petermannia cirrosa". CSIRO. https://bie.ala.org.au/species/http://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2906802#. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
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