Biology:Platytheca

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Short description: Family of shrubs

Platytheca
Platytheca galioides - Flickr - Kevin Thiele.jpg
Platytheca galioides
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Elaeocarpaceae
Genus: Platytheca
Steetz
Species

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Platytheca is a genus of small shrubs in the family Elaeocarpaceae from the south-west of Western Australia.[1] The genus was formally described by Joachim Steetz, his description published in Plantae Preissianae in 1845.[2]

Species include:

  • Platytheca anasima R.Butcher
  • Platytheca galioides Steetz
  • Platytheca juniperina Domin
  • Platytheca sp. Sabina (G.J. & B.J. Keighery)[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Platytheca". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/21669. 
  2. "Platytheca". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=PLATYTHECA. Retrieved 2008-02-23. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7202857 entry