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Showing Solanum kentrocaule
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- Plantae(reg.)
- Charophyta(div.)
- Equisetopsida(cl.)
- Magnoliidae(subcl.)
- Asteranae(superordo)
- Solanales(ordo)
- Solanaceae(fam.)
- Solanum(gen.)
- kentrocaule(sp.)
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Type: Tom Price, Western Australia [precise locality withheld for conservation reasons], 23 September 2006, D. Halford Q9247 (holo: BRI AQ742630; iso: PERTH, distribuendi).
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APC Dist.: WA
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Etymology: "From the Greek kentron meaning 'point', 'prickle' or 'goad', and caulos meaning 'stem'. This is in reference to the extremely prickly stems of this species."