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Showing Eriocaulon scullionii
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- Plantae(reg.)
- Charophyta(div.)
- Equisetopsida(cl.)
- Magnoliidae(subcl.)
- Lilianae(superordo)
- Poales(ordo)
- Eriocaulaceae(fam.)
- Eriocaulon(gen.)
- scullionii(sp.)
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Type: 15 km S of Mt Howship, NT, 18.iv.1989, G.Leach 2556; holo: DNA; iso: BRI, CANB, K, MEL, PERTH.
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APC Dist.: WA, NT
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Type: "Northern Territory: 15 km south of Mt Howship, 18 Apr 1989, G.J. Leach 2556 (holo DNA!; iso BRI!," CANB!, K!, MEL!, PERTH!)."
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Etymology: "The species epithet acknowledges the efforts of Mr Nigel Scullion, who as skipper of both the Kalidris and Reliance has been instrumental in transporting herbarium staff into many isolated coastal localities and has also been an enthusiastic natural history observer and collector."