Pentalepis trichodesmoides explained

Pentalepis trichodesmoides is a species of flowering plant endemic to Australia, and found in the Northern Territory and Western Australia.^[1]

It was first described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1863.^[2] The species epithet, trichodesmoides, refers to the likeness of this plant to Trichodesma zeylanicum at the beginning of flowering.

External links

• Pentalepis trichodesmoides occurrence data from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pentalepis trichodesmoides F.Muell. Plants of the World Online Kew Science. 2021-06-06. Plants of the World Online. en.
2. Mueller, F.J.H. von . 1863. A Record of the Plants collected by Mr Pemberton Walcott and Mr Maitland Brown, in the year 1861, during Mr F. Gregory's Exploring Expedition into North-West Australia. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal N. Ser . 17. 2. 231.