Pollia crispata is a perennial herb found in rainforest or rainforest margins in eastern Australia. The specific epithet crispata is derived from Latin, meaning "wavy".[1] Found from near Nowra in New South Wales[2] to tropical Queensland.
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| Killiekrankie Mountain, New England National Park, Australia | |
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| Illustration by Ferdinand Bauer | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Commelinales |
| Family: | Commelinaceae |
| Genus: | Pollia |
| Species: | P. crispata
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| Binomial name | |
| Pollia crispata | |
| Synonyms | |
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Aneilema crispatum R.Br. | |
It is one of the many plants first described by Robert Brown with the type known as "(J.) v.v." Published in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen in 1810, the plant was later moved by the systematic botanist George Bentham into the genus Pollia.
References
edit- ^ Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, ISBN 978-0-7318-1211-0 page 385
- ^ Wilson, Peter G. "PlantNET - FloraOnline". plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
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