Taxandria is a group of plants in the family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 2007.[2][1][3] The entire genus is endemic to Western Australia, growing near the coast in the South West corner of the State.[4]
Taxandria | |
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Flowers of Taxandria juniperina | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Myrtaceae |
Tribe: | Leptospermeae |
Genus: | Taxandria (Benth.) J.R.Wheeler & N.G.Marchant |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Most species of Taxandria generally growing as tall shrubs, but Taxandria juniperina grows to tree size (up to 27m) and Taxandria linearifolia can grow as a small tree (up to 5m in height).[5]
- species[4]
- Taxandria angustifolia (Schauer) J.R.Wheeler & N.G.Marchant
- Taxandria callistachys J.R.Wheeler & N.G.Marchant
- Taxandria floribunda (Turcz.) J.R.Wheeler & N.G.Marchant
- Taxandria fragrans (J.R.Wheeler & N.G.Marchant) J.R.Wheeler & N.G.Marchant
- Taxandria inundata J.R.Wheeler & N.G.Marchant
- Taxandria juniperina (Schauer) J.R.Wheeler & N.G.Marchant
- Taxandria linearifolia (DC.) J.R.Wheeler & N.G.Marchant
- Taxandria marginata (Labill.) J.R.Wheeler & N.G.Marchant
- Taxandria parviceps (Schauer) J.R.Wheeler & N.G.Marchant
- Taxandria spathulata (Schauer) J.R.Wheeler & N.G.Marchant
References
edit- ^ a b Australian Plant Name Index
- ^ Wheeler, J.R. & Marchant, N.G., (2007) A revision of the Western Australian genus Agonis (Myrtaceae) and two new segregate genera Taxandria and Paragonis. Nuytsia 16(2): 406-407
- ^ Tropicos, Taxandria (Benth.) J.R.Wheeler & N.G.Marchant
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ "Taxandria Genus - FloraBase - The West Australian Flora". 2007. Retrieved 5 June 2007.