''Philotheca coateana'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a small shrub with small, elliptical leaves and white flowers with a pink midline, arranged singly on the ends of branchlets.

Description

''Philotheca coateana'' is a shrub that grows to a height of and has glabrous branchlets. The leaves are dull greyish green, elliptical, long with warty glands. The flowers are borne singly on the ends of the branchlets on a

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long. There are five broadly triangular sepals about long and five elliptical, white

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s with a pink midline and long. The ten

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s are free from each other and hairy.

Taxonomy and naming

''Philotheca coateana'' was first formally described in 1998 by Paul Wilson in the journal '' Nuytsia'' from specimens collected by the naturalist Kevin Coate near the

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boundary. The

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honours the collector of the

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specimens.

Distribution

This species of philotheca grows near Menzies in the Coolgardie and Murchison

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Conservation status

This species is classified as " Priority Three" by the Government of Western Australia

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meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q18082099 coateana Flora of Western Australia Sapindales of Australia Plants described in 1998 Taxa named by Paul Graham Wilson