Ptilotus clementii

Ptilotus clementii
	Ptilotus clementii (Farmar) Benl near Blackstone (Papulankutja), Western Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Amaranthaceae
Genus:	Ptilotus
Species:	P. clementii
Binomial name
	Ptilotus clementii; (Farmar) Benl
Synonyms
	Trichinium clementii Farmar

Ptilotus clementii (Farmar) Benl, commonly known as tassel top, is a native Australian annual herb growing to between 0.3 and 1 metre high.[1] Nodding, green flower spikes are produced between March and November in the species' native range.[1]

The species occurs in Triodia grassland or low open woodland on stony hills from Cape Range in Western Australia and eastward across the Northern Territory to north-west Queensland where it is restricted to the Mount Isa - Cloncurry area.[2]

The species was first formally described in 1905 by L. Farmar in Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissieras. He gave it the name Trichinium clementii, basing his description on a collection made by Emile Clement between the Ashburton and De Grey Rivers in 1897. The species was transferred to the genus Ptilotus in 1958.[3]

References

"Ptilotus clementii". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
Bean, Anthony R. (2008). "A synopsis of Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae) in eastern Australia". Telopea. 12 (2): 227–250.
Benl, G. (1958). "Beitrag zu einer Revision der Gattung Ptilotus R.Br. (Amaranthaceae)". Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung München. 2: 405–406.

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[WA-1] "Ptilotus clementii". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.

[Bean_2008-2] Bean, Anthony R. (2008). "A synopsis of Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae) in eastern Australia". Telopea. 12 (2): 227–250.

[3] Benl, G. (1958). "Beitrag zu einer Revision der Gattung Ptilotus R.Br. (Amaranthaceae)". Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung München. 2: 405–406.