Jump to content

Lachnostachys eriobotrya

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lachnostachys eriobotrya
in Kalbarri National Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Lachnostachys
Species:
L. eriobotrya
Binomial name
Lachnostachys eriobotrya
Synonyms[1]

Lachnostachys rodwayana W.Fitzg.
Lachnostachys walcottii F.Muell.
Pycnolachne ledifolia Turcz.
Walcottia eriobotrya F.Muell.

Lachnostachys eriobotrya (common name - Lambswool)[2] is a plant in the Lamiaceae family, native to Western Australia.[1]

It was first described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1859 as Walcottia eriobotrya',[3][4] but was transferred to the genus Lachnostachys in 1917 by George Claridge Druce.[3][5]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "Lachnostachys eriobotrya (F.Muell.)Druce | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Lachnostachys eriobotrya". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. ^ a b "Lachnostachys eriobotrya". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  4. ^ Mueller, F.J.H. von (1859). "Additamenta, index". Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. 1: 241.
  5. ^ Druce, G.C. (1917). "Nomenclatorial Notes: chiefly African and Australian". The Botanical Exchange Club and Society of the British Isles Report for 1916, Suppl. 2: 630.
[edit]