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Showing Polygala petrophila
- APC
- Plantae(reg.)
- Charophyta(div.)
- Equisetopsida(cl.)
- Magnoliidae(subcl.)
- Rosanae(superordo)
- Fabales(ordo)
- Polygalaceae(fam.)
- Polygala(gen.)
- petrophila(sp.)
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Type: Kimberley, 7.6 km E along Gibb River Road from Beverley Springs turnoff, 12.v.2006, R.A. Kerrigan 1107; holo: DNA 176666!; iso: BRI, CANB, K, PERTH.
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Etymology: "Greek petra- (rock) and -philus (loving), rock lover because this species is always found among sandstone/laterite rubble on scree slopes."
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APC Dist.: WA, NT