Biology:List of Eremophila (plant) species

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About 220 species of Eremophila have been formally described and about 40 more have been discovered but not formally described. The genus is endemic to Australia except that one species, (Eremophila debilis) is also found in New Zealand.[1][2]

Of the species described so far, 190 are found in Western Australia whilst about 80% of those are only found in that state. All the as yet undescribed species are endemic to Western Australia.[3]

The following is a list of the species in the genus Eremophila (figwort family, Scrophulariaceae) accepted by the Australian Plant Census as at 20 April 2019, apart from some additional, recently described species*, not yet assessed:[4]


References

  1. Chinnock, Robert J. (2007). Eremophila and allied genera : a monograph of the plant family Myoporaceae (1st ed.). Dural, NSW: Rosenberg. ISBN 9781877058165. 
  2. "Eremophila". APNI. http://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/91931. Retrieved 16 November 2015. 
  3. Brown, Andrew; Buirchell, Bevan (2011). A field guide to the eremophilas of Western Australia. Hamilton Hill, W.A.: Simon Nevill Publications. p. 10. ISBN 9780980348156. 
  4. "Eremophila". Australian Plant Census. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/search?product=APC&tree.id=51209179&name=Eremophila&inc._scientific=&inc.scientific=on&inc._cultivar=&max=100&display=apc&search=true. Retrieved 19 September 2020.