Dracophyllum ramosum Pancher ex Brongn. & Gris is a plant in the Ericaceae family, order Ericales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Dracophyllum ramosum Pancher ex Brongn. & Gris

Dracophyllum ramosum Pancher ex Brongn. & Gris

Dracophyllum ramosum is a shrub or small tree in Ericaceae, endemic to New Caledonia, growing to 0.5–5 m tall.

Family
Genus
Dracophyllum
Order
Ericales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Dracophyllum ramosum Pancher ex Brongn. & Gris

Dracophyllum ramosum is a species of shrub or small tree in the heath family Ericaceae, and it is endemic to New Caledonia. It was first formally described by Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart and Jean Antoine Arthur Gris in 1864. Its specific epithet ramosum refers to its characteristic growth pattern, where many branches grow from the same point. This plant grows on mountain summits, mountain slopes, alongside streams, and on plateaux. It reaches a mature height between 0.5 and 5 metres.

Photo: (c) Shankar Meyer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Shankar Meyer · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Ericales Ericaceae Dracophyllum

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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