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Astrotricha
Sign in to saveAstrotricha is a genus of shrubs in the ivy family Araliaceae endemic to Australia. It contains about 20 described species and a number of undescribed ones, and the genus is mostly confined to Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland with one species found in Western Australia.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderApiales
- FamilyAraliaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 178
- With media
- 14
- Family
- Araliaceae
- Collections
- MEL
- Recorded in
- Australia
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Astrotricha is a genus of shrubs in the ivy family Araliaceae endemic to Australia. It contains about 20 described species and a number of undescribed ones, and the genus is mostly confined to Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland with one species found in Western Australia.
==Description== Plants in this genus are erect shrubs that are either single-stemmed (subgenus Hexocenia) or bushy (subgenus Astrotricha). Leaves are often cordate and usually laneolate or linear, and often covered in a dense indumentum. Inflorescences are usually terminal panicles composed of umbels.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Astrotricha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.