Tetratheca bauerifolia

Tetratheca bauerifolia
Tetratheca bauerifolia, Kinglake National Park, Victoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Elaeocarpaceae
Genus: Tetratheca
Species: T. bauerifolia
Binomial name
Tetratheca bauerifolia
F.Muell. ex Schuch.

Tetratheca bauerifolia, commonly known as Heath Pink-bells, is a small shrub in the family Elaeocarpaceae. It is endemic to eastern Australia.It is a small shrub which may grow to 30 cm high. Deep pink flowers appear between September and December in the species native range.[1] The species was first formally described by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1853 in Synopsis Tremandrearum.[2] It occurs in Victoria and New South Wales.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Tetratheca bauerifolia Lindl.". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Tetratheca~bauerifolia. Retrieved 2010-10-17. 
  2. ^ "Tertratheca bauerifolia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Tetratheca+bauerifolia. Retrieved 2010-10-17.