''Platylobium alternifolium'', commonly known as Victorian flat-pea, is a shrub species that is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...
to
Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
, Australia . It is a member of the family
Fabaceae and of the genus ''
Platylobium
''Platylobium'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Fabaceae. Native to south eastern Australia, they occur in a range of habitats of the coastal regions. The genus was first described by James Edward Smith, and is closely allied to '' Boss ...
''. The species was formally described in 1883 by Victorian Government Botanist
Ferdinand von Mueller
Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (german: Müller; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Vic ...
based on plant material collected at
Mount William,
Mount Disappointment and Ben Nevis.
References
alternifolium
Fabales of Australia
Flora of Tasmania
Plants described in 1883
Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller
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