Rhagodia latifolia

Taxobox
name = Rhagodia latifolia


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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Caryophyllales
familia = Amaranthaceae
subfamilia = Chenopodioideae
genus = "Rhagodia"
species = "R. latifolia"
binomial = "Rhagodia latifolia"
binomial_authority = (Benth.) Paul G. Wilson

"Rhagodia latifolia" is a species of shrub endemic to midwest Western Australia.

Description

It grows as a shrub from 40 centimetres to two metres high, leathery, elliptical leaves, and panicles of green flowers.FloraBase | name = "Rhagodia latifolia" (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson | id = 2583]

Taxonomy

It was first published as a variety of "Rhagodia crassifolia" by George Bentham in 1870, based on a specimen collected from Dirk Hartog Island by Allan Cunningham. In 1983 Paul G. Wilson promoted it to specific rank.APNI | name = "Rhagodia latifolia" (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson | id = 59139]

Two subspecies are currently recognised: the autonym "R. latifolia" subsp. "latifolia", and "R. latifolia" subsp. "recta", which was published by Wilson in 1983.cite encyclopedia | author = Wilson, Paul G. | title = Chenopodiaceae | encyclopedia = Flora of Australia | volume = IV | pages = 172]

Distribution and habitat

It occurs on coastal sand dunes and limestone cliff in midwest Western Australia, ranging from Geraldton north to the Murchison River.

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