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Cryptandra exilis

Index Cryptandra exilis

Cryptandra exilis, commonly known as slender pearlflower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to Tasmania. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 12 relations: Botanical name, Bract, Cape Barren Island, Capsule (fruit), Dennis Ivor Morris, Endemism, Rhamnaceae, Sepal, Stamen, Style (botany), Tasman Peninsula, William T. Stearn.

  2. Taxa named by Dennis Ivor Morris

Botanical name

A botanical name is a formal scientific name conforming to the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN) and, if it concerns a plant cultigen, the additional cultivar or Group epithets must conform to the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP).

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Bract

In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale.

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Cape Barren Island

Cape Barren Island, officially truwana / Cape Barren Island, is a island in Bass Strait, off the north-east coast of Tasmania, Australia.

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Capsule (fruit)

In botany, a capsule is a type of simple, dry, though rarely fleshy dehiscent fruit produced by many species of angiosperms (flowering plants).

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Dennis Ivor Morris

Dennis Ivor Morris (16 May 1924–27 July 2005) was a British-born Australian botanist.

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Endemism

Endemism is the state of a species only being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

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Rhamnaceae

The Rhamnaceae are a large family of flowering plants, mostly trees, shrubs, and some vines, commonly called the buckthorn family.

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Sepal

A sepal is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants).

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Stamen

The stamen (stamina or stamens) is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower.

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Style (botany)

In botany, the style of an angiosperm flower is an organ of variable length that connects the ovary to the stigma.

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Tasman Peninsula

The Tasman Peninsula, officially Turrakana / Tasman Peninsula, is a peninsula located in south-east Tasmania, Australia, approximately by the Arthur Highway, south-east of Hobart.

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William T. Stearn

William Thomas Stearn (16 April 1911 – 9 May 2001) was a British botanist.

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See also

Taxa named by Dennis Ivor Morris

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptandra_exilis

Also known as Slender pearlflower.