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Showing Spyridium polycephalum
- APC
- Plantae(reg.)
- Charophyta(div.)
- Equisetopsida(cl.)
- Magnoliidae(subcl.)
- Rosanae(superordo)
- Rosales(ordo)
- Rhamnaceae(fam.)
- Spyridium(gen.)
- polycephalum(sp.)
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Type: [Western Australia], J. Drummond 5th coll., suppl. 91 (KW photo seen, MEL).
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APC Dist.: WA
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Etymology: "From the Greek πολυ- (poly-; many) and κεφαλη (cephale; head), because of the numerous flowerheads in the holotype specimen."