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Showing Thryptomene caduca
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- Plantae(reg.)
- Charophyta(div.)
- Equisetopsida(cl.)
- Magnoliidae(subcl.)
- Rosanae(superordo)
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- Myrtaceae(fam.)
- Thryptomene(gen.)
- caduca(sp.)
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Type: Useless Loop Road [between Tamala and Hamelin], Western Australia [precise locality withheld for conservation reasons], 1 August 1996, G.J. Keighery & N. Gibson 1992 (holo: PERTH 05045878; iso: CANB, K, MEL).
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APC Dist.: WA
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Etymology: "From the Latin caducus (falling, dropping off early), referring to the early falling of the bracteoles, which are shed from the flower buds."