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Ptilotus albidus (Ptilotus albidus)

Description

Ptilotus is a genus of wild plant from the Amaranthaceae family . All species are native to the driest parts of mainland Australia , although there is one in Tasmania and another in Malaysia on the islands of Flores and Timor . The genus was first described by botanist Robert Brown in Prodromus Florac Novae Hollandiae in 1810. Ptilotus is an important genus with over 100 species.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Caryophyllales

            • Family: Amaranthaceae

              • Genus: Ptilotus