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Prionotes cerinthoides
Sign in to savePrionotes is a genus of flowering plants endemic to Tasmania, with a single species, Prionotes cerinthoides. Commonly known as climbing heath, it is a temperate rainforest climber or a small scrambling shrub in the mountains. It usually lives in very wet, undisturbed places.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Prionotes cerinthoides is referenced by 6 other articles, and connects out to plant, Tasmania and Wikidata.
Vinony files it under Epacridoideae, Flora of Tasmania and IUCN Red List least concern species.
Its subject is documented across 4 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderEricales
- FamilyEricaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 60
- With media
- 26
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Collections
- MEL, MO
- Recorded in
- Australia
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- short name
- P. cerinthoides
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Encyclopedic overview
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Prionotes is a genus of flowering plants endemic to Tasmania, with a single species, Prionotes cerinthoides. Commonly known as climbing heath, it is a temperate rainforest climber or a small scrambling shrub in the mountains. It usually lives in very wet, undisturbed places.
==Description== Its wiry stem is about 1 meter long. The glossy deep green leaves are 0.8–2 cm long, fairly crowded, elliptical in shape with shallowly-toothed margins, without parallel veins. The deep pink tubular flowers are bell shaped with 5 petals. They are up to 2.5 cm long by 1-1.2 cm wide, and constricted at the mouth. They are pendent, often clustered, and usually appear in summer and autumn. The fruit is a woody capsule, opening by 5 valves with many seeds in each part. P. cerinthoides is self-compatible and bird pollinated. thumb|A group of Prionotes cerinthoides flower.
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