Hakea epiglottis

Hakea epiglottis
Hakea epiglottis, Cape Raoul, Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Hakea
Species:
H. epiglottis
Binomial name
Hakea epiglottis
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms[1]
  • Conchium epiglottis (Labill.) Willd.
  • Conchium teretifolium C.F.Gaertn.

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.

  1. ^ a b "Hakea epiglottis". APC. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Hakea epiglottis". Wildseed Tasmania. Retrieved 19 March 2019.