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Amaranthaceae

Enchylaena

Enchylaena tomentosa R.Br.

First published in Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 408 (1810)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is Australia. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution
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Native to:

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Introduced into:

New Caledonia, Palestine

Homotypic Synonyms

Enchylaena tomentosa var. typica Domin in Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 68 (1921), not validly publ.

Heterotypic Synonyms

Enchylaena brevifolia Gand. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 224 (1919)
Enchylaena paradoxa R.Br. in Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 408 (1810)
Enchylaena patens Gand. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 224 (1919)
Enchylaena pubescens Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 128 (1849)
Enchylaena tomentosa var. glabra Benth. in Fl. Austral. 5: 182 (1870)
Enchylaena tomentosa var. villosa Benth. in Fl. Austral. 5: 182 (1870)

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

(1984). Flora of Australia 4: 1-354. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
Dufour-Dror, J.M. & Fragman-Sapir, O. in Dufour-Dror, J.M. (2019). Alien Plant Species in Natural & Disturbed Areas in Israel. Alien Invasive Plants in Israel, ed. 2: 1-246. Dan Perry Pub., Nature & Parks Authority, Israel Ministry of Environmental Protection.
Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.

Kew Backbone Distributions

(1984). Flora of Australia 4: 1-354. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
Dufour-Dror, J.M. & Fragman-Sapir, O. in Dufour-Dror, J.M. (2019). Alien Plant Species in Natural & Disturbed Areas in Israel. Alien Invasive Plants in Israel, ed. 2: 1-246. Dan Perry Pub., Nature & Parks Authority, Israel Ministry of Environmental Protection.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Science Photographs
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