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Symonanthus bancroftii, also known as Bancroft's Symonanthus, is a species of flowering plant in the potato family that is endemic to Australia.

Symonanthus bancroftii
Conservation status
Endangered  (EPBC Act)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Solanaceae
Genus:	Symonanthus
Species:	S. bancroftii
Binomial name
Symonanthus bancroftii (F.Muell.) Haegi
Synonyms
Isandra bancroftii F.Muell.

Etymology

The specific epithet bancroftii honours Queensland surgeon Joseph Bancroft for his pharmacological research on Australian plants.[1]

Description

The species grows as an erect shrub to 1 m in height, covered with grey hairs. The oval leaves are 8 mm long and 4.5 mm wide. The flowers are dull yellow-green, with the corolla 5–6 mm long. The fruit is a shiny round red berry 5–10 mm in diameter.[1]

Distribution and habitat

Bancroft's Symonanthus is very rare and known only from a few localities in the south-eastern Wheatbelt region of south-west Western Australia.[1]

Conservation

The species is listed as Endangered under Australia's EPBC Act.[1]

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