''Dodonaea aptera'', commonly known as coast hop-bush, is a species of coastal shrub
endemic to
Western Australia.
Description
It grows as an erect or spreading shrub from a half to 3½ metres high.
Taxonomy
The species was published by
Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel
Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (24 October 1811 – 23 January 1871) was a Dutch botanist, whose main focus of study was on the flora of the Dutch East Indies.
Early life
Miquel was born in Neuenhaus and studied medicine at the University of Groni ...
in 1845, based on specimens collected in 1839 at
Garden Island,
Rottnest Island, and
Arthurs Head
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Fremantle
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.
Distribution and habitat
It is endemic to Western Australia, growing in limestone areas along the coast from
Cape Leeuwin north to
Shark Bay
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.
References
External links
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aptera
Endemic flora of Australia
Rosids of Western Australia
Sapindales of Australia
Taxa named by Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel
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