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Showing Polygala scorpioides
- APC
- Plantae(reg.)
- Charophyta(div.)
- Equisetopsida(cl.)
- Magnoliidae(subcl.)
- Rosanae(superordo)
- Fabales(ordo)
- Polygalaceae(fam.)
- Polygala(gen.)
- scorpioides(sp.)
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Type: Rookwood Station, near old mango farm on N bank of Walsh R., 29.iii.2007, R.A. Kerrigan 1185; holo: DNA 180131!; iso: BRI, CANB, PERTH.
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APC Dist.: Qld
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Etymology: "Latin scorpioideus, referring to the inflorescence with the main axis coiled like the tail of a scorpion."