Astrotricha roddii

Astrotricha roddii is a plant in the Araliaceae family, native to the North Western Slopes of New South Wales, which was first described in 1991 by Robert Makinson.^[2][3]

Astrotricha roddii
(younger leaves)
(older leaves)
Conservation status
Endangered  (EPBC Act)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Araliaceae
Genus:	Astrotricha
Species:	A. roddii
Binomial name
Astrotricha roddii Makinson

The species epithet honours the botanist, Tony Rodd, who first collected and discovered the species.^[3]

It is found in dry sclerophyll woodland on granite outcrops on the North Western Slopes of New South Wales,^[4] and is listed by the Commonwealth as an endangered species.^[1]