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Showing Polygala coralliformis
- APC
- Plantae(reg.)
- Charophyta(div.)
- Equisetopsida(cl.)
- Magnoliidae(subcl.)
- Rosanae(superordo)
- Fabales(ordo)
- Polygalaceae(fam.)
- Polygala(gen.)
- coralliformis(sp.)
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Type: N of Wildman River Ranger Station, 13.iii.2001, R.K. Harwood 1032; holo: DNA 145411!; iso: BRI, CANB, PERTH.
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APC Dist.: NT
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Etymology: "Latin coralliformis (coral-like in form), referring to the irregularly-lobed keel appendages, with some lobes broader than others, reminiscent of staghorn corals."