''Guichenotia'' is a genus of about 16 species of flowering plants that are

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to the south west of

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. The genus was first formally described in 1821 by

Jaques Étienne Gay Jaques Étienne Gay (1786 in Switzerland – 1864) was a Swiss-French botanist, civil servant, collector and taxonomist. His name is associated with plants in standardised botanical nomenclature, e.g. ''Crocus sieberi'' J.Gay. He was the most fa ...

in ''

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''. The first species Gay described was ''

Guichenotia ledifolia ''Guichenotia ledifolia'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a densely-branched shrub that typically grows to a height of and has leaves long. Its flower ...

''. The genus name honours Antoine Guichenot, gardener's boy on the 1801–1803 French scientific voyage to Australia under

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Species list

The following species of ''Guichenotia'' are accepted by the

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as at 22 March 2022: *'' Guichenotia alba'' Keighery *'' Guichenotia angustifolia'' (

Turcz. Nikolai Stepanovich Turczaninow ( ru , Николай Степанович Турчанинов, 1796 in Nikitovka, now in Krasnogvardeysky District, Belgorod Oblast, Russia – 1863 in Kharkov) was a Russian botanist and plant collector wh ...

) Druce *'' Guichenotia anota'' C.F.Wilkins *'' Guichenotia apetala'' A.S.George *'' Guichenotia asteriskos'' C.F.Wilkins *'' Guichenotia astropletha'' C.F.Wilkins *'' Guichenotia basiviridis'' C.F.Wilkins *'' Guichenotia glandulosa'' C.F.Wilkins *'' Guichenotia impudica'' C.F.Wilkins *''

Guichenotia intermedia ''Guichenotia intermedia'' is a flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a small shrub with hairy leaves and mauve-pink flowers. Description ''Guichenotia intermedia'' is a small, upright, spreading s ...

'' C.F.Wilkins *''

'' J.Gay *'' Guichenotia macrantha'' Turcz. - large-flowered guichenotia *'' Guichenotia micrantha'' ( Steetz)

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- small-flowered guichenotia *'' Guichenotia quasicalva'' C.F.Wilkins *'' Guichenotia sarotes'' Benth. *'' Guichenotia seorsiflora'' C.F.Wilkins *'' Guichenotia tuberculata'' C.F.Wilkins

References

FloraBase - the Western Australian flora: ''Guichenotia''
Byttnerioideae Rosids of Western Australia Malvales of Australia Malvaceae genera {{Australia-rosid-stub