Petalostylis

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Petalostylis
Petalostylis cassioides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Dialioideae
Genus: Petalostylis
R.Br. (1849)
Species[1]
Synonyms[1]

Petalogyne F. Muell. (1856), nom. superfl.

Petalostylis is a genus of

endemic to Australia, and includes two species of shrubs native to arid tropical areas of Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, the Northern Territory, and Western Australia, where it grows on sand plains, stony ridges and rocky outcrops, creek beds, and scree slopes.[1] It belongs to the subfamily Dialioideae.[2]

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