Ricinocarpos tuberculatus

Ricinocarpos tuberculatus
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Priority Two — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Ricinocarpos
Species:
R. tuberculatus
Binomial name
Ricinocarpos tuberculatus
Synonyms
  • Ricinocarpus tuberculatus Müll.Arg. orth. var.
  • Roeperia tuberculata (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze

Ricinocarpos tuberculatus is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, monoecious or dioecious shrub or small tree with linear leaves, and white flowers in a umbel with either 2 to 7 male flowers or a single female flower surrounded by up to 5 male flowers.

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