Templetonia stenophylla
| Templetonia stenophylla | |
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| Templetonia stenophylla in Coimadai, Victoria | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Templetonia |
| Species: | T. stenophylla
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| Binomial name | |
| Templetonia stenophylla | |
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Templetonia stenophylla, commonly known as leafy templetonia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae (pea family). It is endemic to eastern Australia. This Templetonia is a small straggling shrub, sometimes with only one stem. [2]
Naming and taxonomy
It was first formally described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1858, published in Fragmenta Photographiae Australiae under the name of Templetonia muelleri. The designated type specimen to represent this species was collected by Maximilian Ferdinand Wiedenbach near Port Phillip bay, Victoria.[3]
Distribution and habitat
The distribution is widespread, mostly in dry sclerophyll forest. In NSW it is often on river banks.[2]
References
- ^ "Templetonia stenophylla". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ a b "PlantNET - FloraOnline". plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
- ^ "Vascular Plants". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 5 November 2025.