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
	Agonis sect. Taxandria Benth.; Agonis sect. Billotia Kuntze;

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]

References

^ ^a ^b Australian Plant Name Index
^ 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
^ Tropicos, Taxandria (Benth.) J.R.Wheeler & N.G.Marchant
^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ "Taxandria Genus - FloraBase - The West Australian Flora". 2007. Retrieved 5 June 2007.

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