Paphia meiniana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Ericaceae |
Genus: | Paphia |
Species: | P. meiniana
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Binomial name | |
Paphia meiniana (F.Muell.) Schltr.[1][2]
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Synonyms | |
Agapetes meiniana F.Muell. |
Paphia meiniana is a plant in the Ericaceae family.[1][2]
It was first described in 1887 as Agapetes meiniana by Ferdinand von Mueller.[1][3] In 1918 Rudolf Schlechter transferred it to the genus, Paphia.[1][4]
It is endemic to north-east Queensland, growing in the wet tropics,[1] as an epiphyte in the crowns of large trees, looking much like a vine. However on rocky summits it grows as a shrub.[5]
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