Rhyncharrhena facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Rhyncharrhena
Pentatropis linearis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Subfamily:	Asclepiadoideae
Genus:	Rhyncharrhena F.Muell.
Binomial name
Rhyncharrhena linearis (Decne.) K.L.Wilson
Synonyms
Pentatropis linearis Decne.

Rhyncharrhena is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1859 by Ferdinand von Mueller. It contains only one known species, Rhyncharrhena linearis, native to Australia, which is found in all mainland states and territories.

formerly included in genus

moved to Daemia

1. Rhyncharrhena atropurpurea F. Muell., synonym of Daemia atropurpurea F.Muell.
2. Rhyncharrhena quinquepartita F. Muell, synonym of Daemia quinquepartita F.Muell.

The species, Rhyncharrhena linearis, was described in 1980 by Karen Wilson.

See also

In Spanish: Rhyncharrhena para niños