| Ptilotus semilanatus | |
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| Growing in Dunmore, Queensland | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Ptilotus |
| Species: | P. semilanatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ptilotus semilanatus (Lindl.) F.Muell. ex J.M.Black | |
| Synonyms | |
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Trichinium semilanatum Lindl. | |
Ptilotus semilanatus is a grass-like plant in the Amaranthaceae family.
Distribution
Ptilotus semilanatus is endemic to Australia where it is found in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia.
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Taxonomy
It was first described in 1848 by John Lindley as Trichinium semilanatum. In 1948 John McConnell Black published Ferdinand von Mueller's description where he had reassigned the species to the genus Ptilotus.
References
- ^ "Ptilotus semilanatus". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- "Ptilotus semilanatus (Lindl.) F.Muell. ex J.M.Black | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- "Ptilotus semilanatus". Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- Thomas Mitchell (1848), Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia, p. 45, Wikidata Q5946713
- Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 327-328
External links
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Ptilotus semilanatus | |
| Trichinium semilanatum | |