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Showing Ptilotus xerophilus
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- Plantae(reg.)
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- Equisetopsida(cl.)
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- Ptilotus(gen.)
- xerophilus(sp.)
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Type: "Western Australia, 700 m south along Paynes Find–Yalgoo road from junction of Geraldton–Mount Magnet road, 26 Aug. 2018, R.Davis & T.Hammer RD12901 (holo: PERTH!; iso [to be distributed]: BRI!, CANB!)"
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Etymology: "From the Greek xeros (dry) and philia (love), referring to the distribution of this species in lower-rainfall regions of Australia than that of the other two species in the P. macrocephalus complex, which occur in higher-rainfall regions of eastern Australia (see Fig. 5B)."
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APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW