''Correa reflexa'' var. ''nummulariifolia'', also known as roundleaf correa, is a variety of ''
Correa reflexa'' endemic to
Tasmania
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Australia
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[ It is a small shrub with leaves that are up to 12–26 mm long and 6–15 mm wide. The pendent flowers are tubular and yellow-green.]Furneaux Group
The Furneaux Group is a group of approximately 100 islands located at the eastern end of Bass Strait, between Victoria and Tasmania, Australia. The islands were named after British navigator Tobias Furneaux, who sighted the eastern side of ...
in Bass Strait
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The subspecies was first formally described in 1855 by botanist ]Joseph Dalton Hooker
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For 20 years he served as director of the Ro ...
who gave it the name ''Correa speciosa'' var. ''nummulariifolia''. It was reassigned to the species '' Correa reflexa'' by Paul G. Wilson in 1961.
References
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reflexa var. nummulariifolia
Flora of Tasmania
Taxa named by Joseph Dalton Hooker