Westringia

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Westringia
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Westringia fruticosa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Prostantheroideae
Genus: Westringia
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Range of the genus

Westringia is a genus of Australian shrubs. As with other members of the mint family their upper petal (or lip) is divided into two lobes. There are four stamens - the upper two are fertile while the lower two are reduced to staminodes. The leaves are in whorls of 3 or 4. [1]

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Distribution

Westringia has been found in the wild in all 6 states of Australia, as well as on Norfolk Island, but not in the Northern Territory. [2]

Species list

The following is a list of the species of Westringia described and recognised by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families at Kew Gardens [2] [3]

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  1. Microcorys barbataR.Br. - Western Australia
  2. Microcorys boxwoodNewbey - Western Australia
  3. Microcorys capitata(Bartl.) Benth. - Western Australia
  4. Microcorys cephalanthaB.J.Conn - Western Australia
  5. Microcorys ellipticaB.J.Conn - Northern Territory
  6. Microcorys eremophiloidesKenneally - Western Australia
  7. Microcorys ericifoliaBenth. - Western Australia
  8. Microcorys exsertaBenth. - Western Australia
  9. Microcorys glabra(Bartl.) Benth. - Western Australia
  10. Microcorys lenticularisF.Muell. - Western Australia
  11. Microcorys loganiaceaF.Muell. - Western Australia
  12. Microcorys longifloraF.Muell. - Western Australia
  13. Microcorys longifolia(Benth.) Benth. - Western Australia
  14. Microcorys macredieanaF.Muell. - Northern Territory
  15. Microcorys obovataBenth. - Western Australia
  16. Microcorys pimeloidesF.Muell. - Western Australia
  17. Microcorys purpureaR.Br. - Western Australia
  18. Microcorys queenslandicaC.T.White - Queensland
  19. Microcorys subcanescensBenth. - Western Australia
  20. Microcorys tenuifoliaBenth. - Western Australia
  21. Microcorys virgataR.Br. - Western Australia
  22. Microcorys wilsonianaB.J.Conn - Western Australia
<i>Westringia lucida</i> Species of flowering plant

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References

  1. Guerin, G.R. (2009). A revision of Westringia section Cephalowestringia (Lamiaceae: Westringieae). Australian Systematic Botany 22: 121-136.
  2. 1 2 "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". Apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  3. "Westringia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2009-05-15.