Dodonaea hispidula
Dodonaea hispidula | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Sapindaceae |
Subfamily: | Dodonaeoideae |
Genus: | Dodonaea |
Species: | D. hispidula |
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Dodonaea hispidula Endl. | |
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Dodonaea hispidula is a species of flowering plant in the hop-bush genus of the soapberry family. It is native to tropical northern Australia, where it occurs from the Kimberley region of north-western Western Australia, across the Top End of the Northern Territory, to northern Queensland.[1] In Western Australia it is found in the Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain and Victoria Bonaparte IBRA bioregions.[1]
Description
It grows as a shrub up to about 2 m in height. The usually clustered leaves are 15–90 mm long, 8–34 mm wide. The flowers are 5–14 mm in diameter. The ellipsoidal fruits are 2–7 mm long, 2–14 mm wide.[2]
References
- 1 2 "Dodonaea hispidula". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
- ↑ "Distichostemon hispidulus". Flora of Australia Online (FOA Vol.25). Australian Biological Resources Study. 1985. Retrieved 2014-08-03.
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