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| Pentalepis trichodesmoides | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Heliantheae |
| Subtribe: | Ecliptinae |
| Genus: | Pentalepis F.Muell. |
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Pentalepis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae which is endemic to Australia and found only in the Northern Territory and Western Australia.
The genus was first described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1863.
Etymology
The genus name, Pentalepis, comes from the Greek for "five" (penta) and "scale" (lepis), and refers to the single whorl of five bracts that surrounds the inflorescence.
Species
There are 6 accepted species:
- Pentalepis ecliptoides F.Muell.
- Pentalepis grandis E.W.Cross
- Pentalepis kakaduensis E.W.Cross
- Pentalepis linearifolia Orchard
- Pentalepis trichodesmoides F.Muell.
- Pentalepis walcottii E.W.Cross
References
- ^ "Pentalepis F.Muell. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- "Pentalepis". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- Mueller, F.J.H. von (1863). "A Record of the Plants collected by Mr Pemberton Walcott and Mr Maitland Brown, in the year 1861, during Mr F. Gregory's Exploring Expedition into North-West Australia". Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal N. Ser. 17 (2): 230.
- A.E. Orchard, E.W. Cross (2020). "Pentalepis". Flora of Australia. Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
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