Myrsine platystigma
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| image = Myrsine_common_species_Lord_Howe_Island_lowland.jpg
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| genus = Myrsine
| species = platystigma
| authority = F.Muell. (1873)
| synonyms = Rapanea platystigma (F.Muell.) Mez (1902)
|synonyms_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:589238-1 Myrsine platystigma F.Muell.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
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Myrsine platystigma is a flowering plant in the family Primulaceae. It is a shrub or tree endemic to Lord Howe Island. The specific epithet comes from the Greek platys (“broad”) and stigma, with reference to the relatively broad stigma.{{cite web |url= http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/online-resources/flora/stddisplay.xsql?pnid=52579 |title= Rapanea platystigma |accessdate=2014-02-11|work=Flora of Australia Online: Data derived from Flora of Australia Volume 49 (1994) |first= |last= |publisher= Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) |date= }}
Description
Distribution and habitat
The plant is endemic to Australia’s subtropical Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea, where it is widespread and commonly found from the lowlands to an elevation of about 400 m.
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Category:Endemic flora of Lord Howe Island
Category:Ericales of Australia
Category:Plants described in 1873
Category:Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller
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