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Exocarpos syrticola
Scientific classification
Genus:
Exocarpos
Species:
syrticola
Exocarpos syrticola DistMap13.jpg
Occurrence data from AVH

Exocarpos syrticola (common name coastal ballart, coast ballart) belongs to the sandalwood plant family (Santalaceae). It is a species endemic to Australia and found on the coastal fringes of Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia.

It was first described in 1856 by Ferdinand von Mueller as Exocarpos strictus var. syrticola, and given species status in 1959 by Hans Ulrich Stauffer.

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