Ricinocarpos speciosus

Ricinocarpos speciosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Ricinocarpos
Species:
R. speciosus
Binomial name
Ricinocarpos speciosus
Synonyms[1]
  • Ricinocarpus speciosus Müll.Arg. orth. var.
  • Roeperia speciosa (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze

Ricinocarpos speciosus is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a slender, erect, open monoecious or dioeciuos shrub with narrowly elliptic or narrowly oblong leaves and white flowers arranged with two or more male flowers, or with one to four female flowers surrounded by up to four male flowers.

  1. ^ a b "Ricinocarpos speciosus". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 5 October 2023.