Hakea leucoptera subsp. leucoptera | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Proteales |
Family: | Proteaceae |
Genus: | Hakea |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | H. l. subsp. leucoptera
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Trinomial name | |
Hakea leucoptera subsp. leucoptera | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Hakea leucoptera subsp. leucoptera, commonly known as silver needlewood, needlewood, needle bush, needle hakea [2] or kulua, [3] is a shrub or small tree with cylinder-shaped leaves and with flowers which have a covering of white, woolly hairs on the flower stalks. It is found in western New South Wales, north-western Victoria, South Australia and the Northern Territory. It grows in grassland, shrubland and woodland. [2] [3]
Hakea leucoptera was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown and the description was published in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. [4] [5] In 1996 William Baker described two subspecies of H. leucoptera including this subspecies and subspecies sericipes. [6]
Hakea leucoptera subsp. leucoptera | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Proteales |
Family: | Proteaceae |
Genus: | Hakea |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | H. l. subsp. leucoptera
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Trinomial name | |
Hakea leucoptera subsp. leucoptera | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Hakea leucoptera subsp. leucoptera, commonly known as silver needlewood, needlewood, needle bush, needle hakea [2] or kulua, [3] is a shrub or small tree with cylinder-shaped leaves and with flowers which have a covering of white, woolly hairs on the flower stalks. It is found in western New South Wales, north-western Victoria, South Australia and the Northern Territory. It grows in grassland, shrubland and woodland. [2] [3]
Hakea leucoptera was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown and the description was published in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. [4] [5] In 1996 William Baker described two subspecies of H. leucoptera including this subspecies and subspecies sericipes. [6]