Stackhousia subterranea (grassland candles)

Stackhousia subterranea W.R.Barker

Quotation from Barker (2007): 
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Stackhousia subterranea differs from S. monogyna s.str. by its horizontal roots deep in the soil,
from which clonal aerial stems or clusters of stems arise (Barker
1986, 1999),
its thick rather fleshy leaves, its bracts outwardly saccate in the basal half or two-thirds (Barker 1977, fig. 1A), ...
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Botanical Scholarly Literature References:  

Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) and Australian Plant Census (APC) (2024):
Council of the Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH):
Stackhousia subterranea W.R.Barker → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/206201/api/apni-format  .
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Flora of Vic. online VicFlora: 
• Stackhousia (genus) page, key to species : → https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/key/2467  
• Stackhousia subterranea : → https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/bd1cb980-9042-4f5a-aecf-d1285614c473
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• Barker, William R. (2007) 
Stackhousia subterranea, a new name and revised circumscription for S. gunnii Hook. f.(Stackhousiaceae∼ Celastraceae). 
Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Garden 21 : 90–91 .
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