Lachnostachys eriobotrya (common name - Lambswool)[2] is a plant in the Lamiaceae family, native to Western Australia.[1]
| Lachnostachys eriobotrya | |
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| in Kalbarri National Park | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Lachnostachys |
| Species: | L. eriobotrya
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| Binomial name | |
| Lachnostachys eriobotrya | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Lachnostachys rodwayana W.Fitzg. | |
It was first described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1859 as Walcottia eriobotrya',[3][4] but was transferred to the genus Lachnostachys in 1917 by George Claridge Druce.[3][5]
References
edit- ^ a b "Lachnostachys eriobotrya (F.Muell.)Druce | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ "Lachnostachys eriobotrya". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ a b "Lachnostachys eriobotrya". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ^ Mueller, F.J.H. von (1859). "Additamenta, index". Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. 1: 241.
- ^ Druce, G.C. (1917). "Nomenclatorial Notes: chiefly African and Australian". The Botanical Exchange Club and Society of the British Isles Report for 1916, Suppl. 2: 630.