Exocarpos syrticola
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| Exocarpos syrticola | |
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| Specimen growing in Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Santalales |
| Family: | Santalaceae |
| Genus: | Exocarpos |
| Species: | E. syrticola |
| Binomial name | |
| Exocarpos syrticola | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Exocarpos syrticola (common name coastal ballart,[3] coast ballart)[4] belongs to the sandalwood plant family (Santalaceae).[1] It is a species endemic to Australia and found on the coastal fringes of Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia.[3]
It was first described in 1856 by Ferdinand von Mueller as Exocarpos strictus var. syrticola,[5][6] and given species status in 1959 by Hans Ulrich Stauffer.[1][2]
