Tetratheca Virgata
''Tetratheca virgata'' is a species of plant in the Elaeocarpaceae, quandong Family (biology), family that is endemism, endemic to Australia. Description The species grows as a slender, spreading shrub to 10–45 cm in height. The pink-purple flowers appear from September to November. Distribution and habitat The species occurs within the Avon Wheatbelt and Jarrah Forest Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia, IBRA bioregions of south-west Western Australia. The plants grow on sandy, gravelly and clay soils. References

Tetratheca, virgata Eudicots of Western Australia Oxalidales of Australia Taxa named by Joachim Steetz Plants described in 1845 {{Australia-rosid-stub ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  

Joachim Steetz
Joachim Steetz (12 November 1804 – 24 March 1862) was a German botanist. His herbarium, comprising more than 5000 specimens from over 160 collectors and 30 countries was purchased in 1863 by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller for the sum of 80 pounds. The collection is currently housed at the National Herbarium of Victoria. The herbarium was compiled by Steetz over more than thirty years and comprises 160 collectors from more than 30 countries, including type specimens from plant collectors of the time including: *Nils Johan Andersson (Galápagos Islands) * Nikolaus Binder *Christian Friedrich Ecklon (South Africa) *Joseph Dalton Hooker *Johann Wilhelm Karl Moritz *Wilhelm Peters *Ludwig Preiss (Western Australia) *Anton Rochel ( The Banat) *Moritz Richard Schomburgk *Berthold Carl Seemann *Charles Wilkins Short (North America) *Franz Sieber *Theodor Siemssen *Andrew Sinclair *Thomas Thomson *Nikolai Turczaninow (Russia) *Jens Vahl (Arctic) *Karl Ludwig Philip ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]