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Species

Amperea xiphoclada

Original Distribution

Australia

Habitat

Dry forest or woodland

Extinction Data

IUCN = N/a, Amperea xiphoclada var. pedicellata R.F.J. Hend. is listed as PRESUMED EXTINCT on the schedules of the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act, Listed Extinct by WCMC 1996

Description

A leafless or nearly leafless undershrub of dry forest and woodland. The stems are strongly 3 or 4 angled. The fruit is three parted

Number of Specimens at Kew

30

Specimen Type (Y/N)

Y

Kew Herbcat Barcode Number

K000518022

Collector

Novae Holl, Fl.

Collector Number

135

Other Information

Type from New South Wales

Information Sources

Briggs, J.D. & Leigh, J.H. (1996) Rare or threatened Australian Plants. CSIRO publishing, Melbourne. Walter, K.S. and Gillett, H.J. (eds) (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre IUCN – The World Conservation Union, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK