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Amperea xiphoclada (Broom Spurge)

Synonyms: Leptomeria xiphoclada (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Amperea xiphoclada, the broom spurge, is a plant species in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is endemic to Australia. It is an erect, rigid shrub growing to between 20 and 90 cm high and is usually leafless in its mature form. Small flowers appear in sessile clusters or on pedicels. The species occurs on sandy soils within forest, woodland and heath in South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.
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Infraspecies

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Lavinia Nature Reserve State Reserve II 17390 Tasmania, Australia    
Mt. Field National Park II 39289 Tasmania, Australia

Predators

Parlatoria pittospori (mauve pittosporum scale)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0