Mitrasacme is a genus of plant

Plant

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 in family Loganiaceae

Loganiaceae

Loganiaceae are a family of flowering plants classified in order Gentianales. The family includes 13 genera, distributed around the world's tropics.Earlier treatments of the family have included up to 29 genera...

. Around 40 species occur, mostly in Australia

Australia

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, though also extending to various parts of Asia and the Pacific Islands. Two species also occur in China

China

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The name comes from the Greek, alluding to “the highest point of the mitre”. As the fruit capsule has an alleged resemblance to a mitre

Mitre

The mitre , also spelled miter, is a type of headwear now known as the traditional, ceremonial head-dress of bishops and certain abbots in the Roman Catholic Church, as well as in the Anglican Communion, some Lutheran churches, and also bishops and certain other clergy in the Eastern Orthodox...

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Selected Species

• Mitrasacme alsinoides
• Mitrasacme ambigua
• Mitrasacme connata
• Mitrasacme epigaea
• Mitrasacme exserta
• Mitrasacme foliosa
• Mitrasacme paradoxa
• Mitrasacme paludosa
• Mitrasacme pilosa
• Mitrasacme polymorpha
  Mitrasacme polymorpha
  Mitrasacme polymorpha is a common perennial herb found in eastern and southern Australia. Often found near the coast on sandy soils in heathland, though also found at higher altitudes....
  
  
• Mitrasacme serpyllifolia