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Showing Pterocaulon paradoxum
- APC
- Plantae(reg.)
- Charophyta(div.)
- Equisetopsida(cl.)
- Magnoliidae(subcl.)
- Asteranae(superordo)
- Asterales(ordo)
- Asteraceae(fam.)
- Pterocaulon(gen.)
- paradoxum(sp.)
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Type: "Australia: Western Australia. 15 km ESE of Winnama yards by Samin mining exploration track, c. 8 km E of Palms yard, SE Kimberley, 15 May 1984, S.J.Forbes 2017 (holo: DNA; iso: CANB, MEL)."
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APC Dist.: WA, NT
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Etymology: "From the Latin paradoxus, meaning 'contrary to expectations, puzzling'. This species is puzzling because of its sometimes +/- globular and sometimes markedly ellipsoidal capitulescences, and the different forms within the species."