Xanthosia
| Xanthosia | |
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| Xanthosia rotundifolia near Torndirrup | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Mackinlayoideae |
| Genus: | Xanthosia Rudge[1][2] |
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Xanthosia is a genus of plants of family Apiaceae, but sometimes also placed in Araliaceae or Mackinlayaceae. It comprises 20 species of shrubs endemic to Australia. The habit may also be as a herb. They are found in all Australian states, but not found in the Northern Territory.[3]
Species include:
- Xanthosia atkinsoniana F.Muell.
- Keighery
- (Benth.) Steud.
- Hook.
- Keighery
- — Cut-leaf xanthosia
- J.M.Hart & Henwood
- Benth.
- (Benth.) Steud. — Heath xanthosia
- — Parsley xanthosia
- Benth.
- Xanthosia pilosa
- — Heath xanthosia
- Xanthosia rotundifolia DC. — Southern cross
- F.Muell.
- Xanthosia sp. Dardanup (B.J. Keighery & N. Gibson 174)
- — Star xanthosia
- Domin — Southern xanthosia
- Xanthosia tomentosa A.S.George
- — Hill xanthosia
References[]
- ^ "Xanthosia". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Rudge, E. (1811) Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 10(2): 301, t. 22.
- ^ "Xanthosia Rudge". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
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