Biology:Monotoca

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Short description: Genus of shrubs

Monotoca
Heath Avalon NSW 6 metres tall.jpg
Monotoca elliptica
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Subfamily: Epacridoideae
Tribe: Styphelieae
Genus: Monotoca
R.Br.

Monotoca is a genus of about 17 species of shrubs in the family Ericaceae.[1] The genus is endemic to Australia .[1]

Species include:

  • Monotoca billawinica Albr.
  • Monotoca elliptica (Sm.) R.Br. – tree broom heath
  • Monotoca empetrifolia R.Br.
  • Monotoca glauca (Labill.) Druce – goldy wood
  • Monotoca ledifolia A.Cunn. ex DC.
  • Monotoca leucantha E.Pritz.
  • Monotoca linifolia (Rodway) W.M.Curtis
  • Monotoca oligarrhenoides F.Muell.
  • Monotoca oreophila Albr. – mountain broom heath
  • Monotoca rotundifolia J.H.Willis – trailing monotoca
  • Monotoca scoparia (Sm.) R.Br. – prickly broom heath
  • Monotoca submutica (Benth.) Jarman

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Monotoca". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=MONOTOCA. Retrieved 2008-12-22. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2357141 entry