Astroloma
| Astroloma | |
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| Astroloma foliosum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
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| Tribe: | |
| Genus: | Astroloma R.Br. |
Astroloma is an endemic Australian genus of around 20 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. The majority of the species are endemic to Western Australia, but a few species occur in New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia.
The genus was first described by Robert Brown in 1810 in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae.[1]
The name Astroloma is derived from the Ancient Greek words astron = a star and loma = a fringe,[2] alluding to five tufts of hairs which form a star at the bottom of the inside of the floral tube.[3][4]
Species include:
- A.Cunn. ex DC.
- A.J.G.Wilson MS
- (Lindl.) Druce
- R.Br.
- Astroloma conostephioides (Sond.) F.Muell. ex Benth. - Flame heath
- Sond.
- (DC.) Druce
- Astroloma foliosum Sond. - Candle cranberry
- Sond.
- Astroloma humifusum (Cav.) R.Br. - Cranberry heath
- Sond.
- Sond.
- Benth.
- Stschegl.
- Astroloma pallidum R.Br.
- A.J.G.Wilson MS
- Astroloma pinifolium (R.Br.) Benth. - Pine heath
- Sond.
- Sond.
References[]
- ^ "Astroloma R. Br". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (1999). CRC world dictionary of plant names : common names, scientific names, eponyms, synonyms, and etymology. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. p. 225. ISBN 0849326737.
- ^ Tegg, Thomas (1829). The London encyclopaedia: or Universal dictionary of science, art, literature and practical mechanics, volume 3. p. 89.
- ^ "Astroloma pinifolium". Australian Native Plant Society (Australia). Retrieved 21 January 2015.
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Categories:
- Astroloma
- Ericales of Australia
- Endemic flora of Australia
- Ericaceae genera