Biology:Dracophyllum townsonii

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Short description: Species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae

Dracophyllum townsonii
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Dracophyllum
Species:
D. townsonii
Binomial name
Dracophyllum townsonii
Cheeseman

Dracophyllum townsonii is a species of shrub or small tree endemic to the north of New Zealand's South Island. It was first described by Thomas Cheeseman in 1906 and gets the specific epithet townsonii after the chemist and plant collector William Townson. In the heath family Ericaceae, it inhabits mountain slopes and reaches a height of 3–6 m.[1][2]

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Wikidata ☰ Q15376033 entry