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Pentachondra involucrata (Forest Frilly-heath)

Synonyms: Decaspora involucrata; Styphelia involucrata; Trochocarpa involucrata (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Pentachondra involucrata, the Forest Frilly-heath is a small Tasmanian plant in the Heath family. 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.
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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