Taxandria (plant)

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Taxandria
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Flowers of Taxandria juniperina
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Scientific classification e
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]
  • Agonis sect. Taxandria Benth.
  • Agonis sect. Billotia Kuntze

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]

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]
  1. Taxandria angustifolia (Schauer) J.R.Wheeler & N.G.Marchant
  2. Taxandria callistachys J.R.Wheeler & N.G.Marchant
  3. Taxandria floribunda (Turcz.) J.R.Wheeler & N.G.Marchant
  4. Taxandria fragrans (J.R.Wheeler & N.G.Marchant) J.R.Wheeler & N.G.Marchant
  5. Taxandria inundata J.R.Wheeler & N.G.Marchant
  6. Taxandria juniperina (Schauer) J.R.Wheeler & N.G.Marchant
  7. Taxandria linearifolia (DC.) J.R.Wheeler & N.G.Marchant
  8. Taxandria marginata (Labill.) J.R.Wheeler & N.G.Marchant
  9. Taxandria parviceps (Schauer) J.R.Wheeler & N.G.Marchant
  10. Taxandria spathulata (Schauer) J.R.Wheeler & N.G.Marchant

References[]

  1. ^ a b Australian Plant Name Index
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Tropicos, Taxandria (Benth.) J.R.Wheeler & N.G.Marchant
  4. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. ^ "Taxandria Genus - FloraBase - The West Australian Flora". 2007. Retrieved 5 June 2007.


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