Pentalepis | |
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Pentalepis trichodesmoides | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
Tribe: | Heliantheae |
Subtribe: | Ecliptinae |
Genus: |
Pentalepis F.Muell. |
Species | |
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Pentalepis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae which is endemic to Australia and found only in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. [1]
The genus was first described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1863. [2] [3]
The genus name, Pentalepis, comes from the Greek for "five" (penta) and "scale" (lepis), and refers to the single whorl of five bracts that surrounds the inflorescence. [4]
There are 6 accepted species: [1]