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Dicliptera maclearii
About
Dicliptera maclearii is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae which is endemic to Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the north-eastern Indian Ocean. Its specific epithet honours John Maclear, captain of the survey vessel HMS Flying Fish, which visited Christmas Island in 1886.
- Family
- Acanthaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Dicliptera maclearii
- Slug
- dicliptera-maclearii
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Dicliptera
- Species
- maclearii
- Wikidata QID
- Q5273859
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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