Hakea epiglottis | |
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Hakea epiglottis, Cape Raoul, Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Proteales |
Family: | Proteaceae |
Genus: | Hakea |
Species: | H. epiglottis
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Binomial name | |
Hakea epiglottis | |
Occurrence data from AVH | |
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Hakea epiglottis is a shrub commonly known as beaked hakea or needlebush hakea[2] and is endemic to Tasmania where populations consist of functional unisexual plants. In a 1989 publication by John Wrigley & Murray Fagg states specimens at Wakehurst Place, an annexe of Kew Gardens London are specimens believed to be 60-70 years old measuring 3 m (9.8 ft) high and wide.