Lawrencia
Encyclopedia
Lawrencia is a plant
genus
in the family Malvaceae
. The genus is endemic to Australia
.
Species include:
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
genus
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...
in the family Malvaceae
Malvaceae
Malvaceae, or the mallow family, is a family of flowering plants containing over 200 genera with close to 2,300 species. Judd & al. Well known members of this family include okra, jute and cacao...
. The genus is endemic to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
Species include:
- Lawrencia berthae (F.Muell.) Melville - Showy Lawrencia
- Lawrencia buchananensis Lander
- Lawrencia chrysoderma Lander
- Lawrencia cinerea Lander
- Lawrencia densiflora (Baker f.) Melville
- Lawrencia diffusa (Benth.) Melville
- Lawrencia glomerata Hook. - Clustered Lawrencia
- Lawrencia helmsii (F.Muell. & Tate) Lander - Dunna Dunna
- Lawrencia incana (J.M.Black) Melville
- Lawrencia repens (S.Moore) Melville
- Lawrencia spicata Hook.
- Lawrencia squamata Nees - Thorny Lawrencia
- Lawrencia viridigrisea Lander