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Showing Prostanthera petraea
- APC
- Plantae(reg.)
- Charophyta(div.)
- Equisetopsida(cl.)
- Magnoliidae(subcl.)
- Asteranae(superordo)
- Lamiales(ordo)
- Lamiaceae(fam.)
- Prostanthera(gen.)
- petraea(sp.)
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Type: New South Wales: Northern Tablelands: Bald Rock National Park: Bungoona Walking Track, B.J. Conn 3668 & E.A. Brown, 11 Oct. 1992, (NSW 260615); isotypes: BRI, CANB, K, MEL)
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Etymology: The specific epithet refers to the habitat of large granite boulders amongst which this species grows. The epithet also acknowledges the Aboriginal place name "Boonoo Boonoo' (which means 'large rocks'), one of the areas in which this species occurs.
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APC Dist.: Qld, NSW