Thomasia quercifolia

Oak-leaf thomasia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Thomasia
Species: T. quercifolia
Binomial name
Thomasia quercifolia
(Andrews) J.Gay
Synonyms

Lasiopetalum quercifolium Andrews

Thomasia quercifolia, the oak-leaf thomasia, is a shrub which is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.

It grows to around 1 metre in height.[1]

The species was first formally described by botanist H.C. Andrews in The Botanist's Repository for New and Rare Plants in 1806. He gave it the name Lasiopetalum quercifolium [2] J.E. Gay transferred the species to the genus Thomasia in 1861.[2]

References

  1. "Thomasia quercifolia". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  2. 1 2 "Thomasia quercifolia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.


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