''Eutaxia'' is a genus of the family
Fabaceae
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. They are native to
Australia
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. Most are endemic to the
Southwest Botanical Province
Southwest Australia is a biogeographic region in Western Australia. It includes the Mediterranean-climate area of southwestern Australia, which is home to a diverse and distinctive flora and fauna.
The region is also known as the Southwest Aus ...
of
Western Australia
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, but a few are distributed throughout mainland Australia.
The
chromosome number
Ploidy () is the number of complete sets of chromosomes in a cell, and hence the number of possible alleles for autosomal and pseudoautosomal genes. Here ''sets of chromosomes'' refers to the number of maternal and paternal chromosome copies, ...
of ''Eutaxia'' species is typically 2''n'' = 14 or 16.
Species
''Eutaxia'' comprises the following species:
Section ''Eutaxia'' R.Br.
* ''
Eutaxia cuneata''
Meissner
* ''
Eutaxia epacridoides''
Meisn.
Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner (1 November 1800 – 2 May 1874) was a Swiss botanist.
Biography
Born in Bern, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner. For most of his 40 ...
* ''
Eutaxia exilis''
C.F.Wilkins & G.R.Hend.
* ''
Eutaxia hirsuta''
C.F.Wilkins & Chappill
* ''
Eutaxia inuncta''
C.F.Wilkins & Chappill
* ''
Eutaxia lasiophylla''
G.R.Hend.
* ''
Eutaxia lutea''
Chappill & G.R.Hend.
* ''
Eutaxia major''
(Benth.) C.F.Wilkins & Chappill
* ''
Eutaxia myrtifolia''
R. Br.
* ''
Eutaxia neurocalyx''
(Turcz.) Chappill & G.R.Hend.
** subsp. ''nacta''
C.F.Wilkins
** subsp. ''neurocalyx''
(Turcz.) Chappill & G.R.Hend.
** subsp. ''papillosa''
C.F.Wilkins
* ''
Eutaxia parvifolia
''Eutaxia'' is a genus of the family Fabaceae. They are native to Australia. Most are endemic to the Southwest Botanical Province of Western Australia, but a few are distributed throughout mainland Australia. The chromosome number
Ploidy () ...
''
Benth.
* ''
Eutaxia virgata''
Benth.
Section ''Sclerothamnus'' (R.Br.) F.Muell.
* ''
Eutaxia acanthoclada''
G.R.Hend. & Chappill
* ''
Eutaxia actinophylla''
Chappill & C.F.Wilkins
* ''
Eutaxia andocada''
Chappill & C.F.Wilkins
* ''
Eutaxia diffusa''
F.Muell.—Spreading eutaxia
* ''
Eutaxia empetrifolia''
Schltdl.
* ''
Eutaxia lasiocalyx''
Chappill & C.F.Wilkins
* ''
Eutaxia leptophylla''
Turcz.
* ''
Eutaxia microphylla''
(R.Br.) C.H.Wright & Dewar—Common eutaxia
* ''
Eutaxia nanophylla''
Chappill & C.F.Wilkins
* ''
Eutaxia rubricarina''
Chappill & C.F.Wilkins
References
External links
*
Fabales of Australia
Fabaceae genera
Endemic flora of Australia
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