Andersonia (plant genus)
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Andersonia is a genus
of small evergreen shrubs in the family Ericaceae
. The genus is endemic to the Southwest Botanical Province in Western Australia
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Species include :
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of small evergreen shrubs in the family Ericaceae
Ericaceae
The Ericaceae, commonly known as the heath or heather family, is a group of mostly calcifuge flowering plants. The family is large, with roughly 4000 species spread across 126 genera, making it the 14th most speciose family of flowering plants...
. The genus is endemic to the Southwest Botanical Province in Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
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Species include :
- Andersonia aristata Lindl. Rice Flower
- Andersonia auriculata L.Watson
- Andersonia axilliflora (Stschegl.) Druce - Giant Andersonia
- Andersonia barbata L.Watson
- Andersonia bifida L.Watson
- Andersonia brevifolia Sond.
- Andersonia caerulea R.Br. - Foxtails
- Andersonia carinata L.Watson
- Andersonia echinocephala (Stschegl.) Druce
- Andersonia fallax Lemson ms
- Andersonia ferricola Lemson
- Andersonia geniculata Lemson
- Andersonia gracilis DC.
- Andersonia grandiflora Stschegl. - Red Andersonia;
- Andersonia heterophylla Sond.
- Andersonia involucrata Sond.
- Andersonia latiflora (F.Muell.) Benth.
- Andersonia lehmanniana Sond.
- Andersonia longifolia (Benth.) L.Watson
- Andersonia macranthera F.Muell.
- Andersonia micrantha R.Br.
- Andersonia mysosma Lemson ms
- Andersonia nymphaea Lemson ms
- Andersonia opalescens Lemson ms
- Andersonia parvifolia R.Br.
- Andersonia pinaster Lemson
- Andersonia redolens Lemson
- Andersonia saxatilis Lemson ms
- Andersonia setifolia Benth.
- Andersonia simplex (Stschegl.) Druce - Spiked Andersonia
- Andersonia sp. Frankland (W. Jackson BJ8)
- Andersonia sp. Kulin (J.M. Powell 2588)
- Andersonia sp. Lower King (N. Hoyle 1500)
- Andersonia sp. Mitchell River (B.G. Hammersley 925)
- Andersonia sprengelioidesAndersonia sprengelioidesAndersonia sprengelioides is a species of shrub that grows in the south west corner of Western Australia. It was originally described by the botanist Robert Brown in 1810 and retains its original name. The genus Andersonia is classified in the Ericaceae, or in the family Epacridaceae ....
R.Br. - Andersonia virolens Lemson ms