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Aotus ericoides (Common Aotus)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Aotus ericoides, also known as Common Aotus, is a shrub in the family Fabaceae. It is endemic to eastern Australia. The species grows up to two metres in height. Its leaves are 0.6 to 2 cm long and 0.1 to 0.5 cm wide. From late winter into spring it produces yellow pea flowers with a red-orange band around a yellow centre and bright yellow wings and keel. The species was first formally described by Étienne Pierre Ventenat in 1803 in Jardin de la Malmaison and was assigned the name Pultenaea ericoides. In 1832, the species was transferred into the genus Aotus.
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Attributes

Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Structure [1]  Shrub

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Mt. Field National Park II 39289 Tasmania, Australia
Wyperfeld National Park II 890865 Victoria, Australia

Predators

Neolucia agricola (Fringed Blue)[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
2Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
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