Forstera bellidifolia
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 An illustration from Johannes Mildbraed's 1908 monograph on the Stylidiaceae.
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| Forstera bellidifolia Hook.f. |
Forstera bellidifolia is a species in the family Stylidiaceae that is endemic to Tasmania. It was described by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1852.[1] It is notably different from other members of the genus in that it is not native to New Zealand nor does it possess the epigynous nectaries that are present in the other species.[2]
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- ^ Mildbraed, J. (1908). Stylidiaceae. In: Engler, A. Das Pflanzenreich: Regni vegetabilis conspectus. IV. 278. Leipzig.
- ^ Laurent, N., Bremer, B., Bremer, K. (1998). Phylogeny and generic interrelationships of the Stylidiaceae (Asterales), with a possible extreme case of floral paedomorphosis. Systematic Botany, 23(3): 289-304.
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