Taxandria (plant)

Taxandria
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]
Agonis sect. TaxandriaBenth. Agonis sect. BillotiaKuntze

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. Australian Plant Name Index ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
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. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
5. "Taxandria Genus - FloraBase - The West Australian Flora". 2007. Retrieved 5 June 2007.