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Astroloma

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Astroloma is a historically recognised genus of about 25 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae and endemic to Australia.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderEricales
  5. FamilyEricaceae
Observations recorded266

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
97
With media
28
Family
Ericaceae
Collections
MEL, RSA, NY
Recorded in
Australia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Ericaceae
Image
Astroloma foliosum.jpg
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Commons category
Astroloma
taxon name
Astroloma
topic's main category
Category:Astroloma
taxon rank
genus
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Astroloma is a historically recognised genus of about 25 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae and endemic to Australia.

The genus was first described in 1810 by Robert Brown in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Astroloma” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.