Tetratheca phoenix

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Tetratheca phoenix
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Elaeocarpaceae
Genus: Tetratheca
Species:
T. phoenix
Binomial name
Tetratheca phoenix

Tetratheca phoenix is a species of flowering plant in the quandong family that is endemic to Australia.

Description[edit]

The species grows as a small shrub to 25 cm in height, with dark pink-magenta flowers.[2][1]

Distribution and habitat[edit]

The range of the species lies within the Jarrah Forest IBRA bioregion of south-west Western Australia in a small area some 70 km south of the city of Perth on the Darling Scarp. The plants are known only from Mount Cooke, where theygrow near large rock outcrops on brown granitic gravelly loam soils.[2][1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Butcher, R (2007). "Tetratheca exasperata and T. phoenix (Elaeocarpaceae), two new conservation-listed species allied to T. setigera, from south-west Western Australia". Nuytsia. 17: 117–126.
  2. ^ a b Amanda Spooner (2008). "Tetratheca phoenix R.Butcher". Florabase. Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Western Australia. Retrieved 17 October 2021.