Biology:Dracophyllum townsonii
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Short description: Species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Dracophyllum |
| Species: | D. townsonii
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| Binomial name | |
| Dracophyllum townsonii Cheeseman
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Dracophyllum townsonii is a species of shrub or small tree endemic to the north of New Zealand's South Island. It was first described by Thomas Cheeseman in 1906 and gets the specific epithet townsonii after the chemist and plant collector William Townson. In the heath family Ericaceae, it inhabits mountain slopes and reaches a height of 3–6 m.[1][2]
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Citations
- ↑ de Lange, Peter. "Dracophyllum townsonii" (in en). https://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/species/dracophyllum-townsonii/.
- ↑ Venter, Stephanus (March 2021). "A taxonomic revision of the Australasian genera Dracophyllum and Richea (Richeeae: Styphelioideae: Ericaceae)". Australian Systematic Botany 34 (2): 65–68. doi:10.1071/SB19049_CO. ISSN 1030-1887. https://bioone.org/journals/australian-systematic-botany/volume-34/issue-2/SB19049_CO/A-taxonomic-revision-of-the-Australasian-genera-Dracophyllum-and-Richea/10.1071/SB19049_CO.full.
Wikidata ☰ Q15376033 entry
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