Prostanthera phylicifolia
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Prostanthera phylicifolia, commonly known as Spiked Mint-bush, is a species of plant in the Lamiaceae
family. The species was first formally described by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller
in 1859 in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae.
Lamiaceae
The mints, taxonomically known as Lamiaceae or Labiatae, are a family of flowering plants. They have traditionally been considered closely related to Verbenaceae, but in the 1990s, phylogenetic studies suggested that many genera classified in Verbenaceae belong instead in Lamiaceae...
family. The species was first formally described by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller
Ferdinand von Mueller
Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, KCMG was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist.-Early life:...
in 1859 in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae.