Dracophyllum milliganii

Dracophyllum milliganii
Dracophyllum milliganii, Mount Eliza, Southwest National Park
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Dracophyllum
Species:	R. milliganii
Binomial name
Dracophyllum milliganii Hook.f.[1]

Dracophyllum milliganii is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae. It is endemic to Tasmania.

There are two distinct populations of this shrub. In alpine areas stems are 5 to 20 cm high with 20 cm long leaves. In rainforest areas, stems can grow as high as 4 metres with leaves in the range of 1 to 1.5 metres in length.^[2] Long flower spikes are produced at the top of the stems in summer.

The species was first formally described in 1851 in Hooker's Icones Plantarum, based on plant material collected at Mount Sorrell by a Mr Miller.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Dracophyllum milliganii ". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Dracophyllum+milliganii. Retrieved 2009-12-18. 
2. ^ "Dracophyllum milliganii ". Key to Tasmanian Vascular Plants. University of Tasmania. http://www.utas.edu.au/dicotkey/dicotkey/EPACRIDS/gDracophyllum.htm. Retrieved 2009-12-18.