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Showing Solanum rhaphiotes
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- Plantae(reg.)
- Charophyta(div.)
- Equisetopsida(cl.)
- Magnoliidae(subcl.)
- Asteranae(superordo)
- Solanales(ordo)
- Solanaceae(fam.)
- Solanum(gen.)
- rhaphiotes(sp.)
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Type: AUSTRALIA. Northern Territory: ca. 10 miles [16 km] W of the East Alligator crossing on the road to Oenpelli, 9 June 1971, D.E. Symon 7185 (holotype BRI!; isotypes CANB!, DNA!).
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APC Dist.: NT
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Etymology: "From the Greek rhaphis - 'a needle', and -otes - 'special feature, characterised by'. This is a reference to the needle-like prickles on the fruiting calyx of this species."