Tetratheca remota is a species of plant in the quandong family that is endemic to Australia.
Tetratheca remota | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Oxalidales |
Family: | Elaeocarpaceae |
Genus: | Tetratheca |
Species: | T. remota
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Binomial name | |
Tetratheca remota Joy Thomps., 1976[1]
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Description
editThe species grows as a small, slender shrub to 40 cm in height. The pink flowers appear in November.[2]
Distribution and habitat
editThe range of the species lies in the Swan Coastal Plain and Geraldton Sandplains IBRA bioregions of south-west Western Australia. The plants grow on sandy gravel soils.[2]
References
edit- ^ Thompson, J (1976). "A Revision of the Genus Tetratheca (Tremandraceae)". Telopea. 1 (3): 139–215. doi:10.7751/telopea19763301.
- ^ a b Grazyna Paczkowska (1996). "Tetratheca remota Joy Thomps". Florabase. Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Western Australia. Retrieved 12 October 2021.