genus
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of about 17 species of
shrub
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endemic
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to
Australia
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.
Species include:
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Monotoca billawinica
''Monotoca'' is a genus of about 17 species of shrubs in the family Ericaceae. The genus is endemic to Australia.
Species include:
*'' Monotoca billawinica'' Albr.
*''Monotoca elliptica'' (Sm.) R.Br. – tree broom heath
*'' Monotoca empet ...
'' Albr.
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Monotoca elliptica
''Monotoca elliptica'', the tree broom heath, is a plant in the family Ericaceae, found in south-eastern Australia.
Description
Monotoca elliptica is a long-lived species which may grow for more than a hundred years. The plant is often seen a ...
'' (Sm.) R.Br. – tree broom heath
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Monotoca empetrifolia
''Monotoca'' is a genus of about 17 species of shrubs in the family Ericaceae. The genus is endemic to Australia.
Species include:
*''Monotoca billawinica'' Albr.
*''Monotoca elliptica'' (Sm.) R.Br. – tree broom heath
*'' Monotoca empetr ...
'' R.Br.
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Monotoca glauca
''Monotoca glauca'', known as goldy wood, is a heath family shrub endemic to Tasmania, Australia and is one of 17 described ''Monotoca'' species. It is a widespread and abundant understory species found on the margins of wet eucalypt forests and ...
'' (Labill.) Druce – goldy wood
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Monotoca ledifolia
''Monotoca'' is a genus of about 17 species of shrubs in the family Ericaceae. The genus is endemic to Australia.
Species include:
*'' Monotoca billawinica'' Albr.
*''Monotoca elliptica'' (Sm.) R.Br. – tree broom heath
*'' Monotoca empet ...
'' A.Cunn. ex DC.
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Monotoca leucantha
''Monotoca'' is a genus of about 17 species of shrubs in the family Ericaceae. The genus is endemic to Australia.
Species include:
*''Monotoca billawinica'' Albr.
*''Monotoca elliptica'' (Sm.) R.Br. – tree broom heath
*''Monotoca empetri ...
'' E.Pritz.
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Monotoca linifolia
''Monotoca'' is a genus of about 17 species of shrubs in the family Ericaceae. The genus is endemic to Australia.
Species include:
*'' Monotoca billawinica'' Albr.
*''Monotoca elliptica'' (Sm.) R.Br. – tree broom heath
*'' Monotoca empet ...
'' (Rodway) W.M.Curtis
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Monotoca oligarrhenoides
''Monotoca'' is a genus of about 17 species of shrubs in the family Ericaceae. The genus is endemic to Australia.
Species include:
*'' Monotoca billawinica'' Albr.
*''Monotoca elliptica'' (Sm.) R.Br. – tree broom heath
*'' Monotoca empet ...
'' F.Muell.
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Monotoca oreophila
''Monotoca oreophila'', the mountain broom heath, is a plant in the family Ericaceae. It is endemic to Victoria, Australia. Plants grow to between 0.2 and 2.5 metres high. The elliptic or lanceolate leaves are 3.8 to 11 mm long and 1. ...
'' Albr. – mountain broom heath
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Monotoca rotundifolia
''Monotoca'' is a genus of about 17 species of shrubs in the family Ericaceae. The genus is endemic to Australia.
Species include:
*'' Monotoca billawinica'' Albr.
*''Monotoca elliptica'' (Sm.) R.Br. – tree broom heath
*'' Monotoca empet ...
'' J.H.Willis – trailing monotoca
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Monotoca scoparia
''Monotoca scoparia'', commonly known as prickly broom heath, is a widespread native species across south-eastern Australia. ''Monotoca scoparia'' was formerly in the family Epacridaceae but now belongs to the family Ericaceae. Monotoca is an ...
'' (Sm.) R.Br. – prickly broom heath
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Monotoca submutica
''Monotoca submutica'', commonly known as mountain broomheath, is an endemic heath family shrub in the Epacridaceae family and is one of 17 species in the genus ''Monotoca''. It is a widespread and locally common small to tall woody dense shrub f ...