''Guichenotia'' is a genus of 17 species of flowering plants in the family

Malvaceae Malvaceae (), or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include Theobroma cacao, cacao, Cola (plant), cola, cotton, okra, Hibiscus sabdariffa, ...

that is

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to the south west of

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. Plants in the genus ''Guichenotia'' are shrubs with

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, linear to oblong leaves with leaf-like

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s at the base of the

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, the flowers

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with three bracteoles at the base of the

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s, and five petal-like sepals, the petals sometimes absent. The fruit is a capsule usually containing 15 seeds. 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 '' Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle''. The first species Gay described was '' Guichenotia ledifolia''. The genus name honours

Antoine Guichenot Antoine Guichenot or Guichenault (1783–1867) was "gardener's boy" on the 1801—1804 French scientific voyage to Australia under Nicolas Baudin, and the 1817 voyage under Louis de Freycinet. Very little is known about him, but the records of Bau ...

, 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.) Druce *'' Guichenotia anota'' C.F.Wilkins *''

Guichenotia apetala ''Guichenotia apetala'' is a flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to a small area in the Southwest Australia, southwest of Western Australia. It is a small, erect, compact shrub with many branches, densely hairy new growth, tri ...

'' 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'' C.F.Wilkins *'' Guichenotia ledifolia'' 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''
{{Taxonbar, from=Q5230558 Byttnerioideae Rosids of Western Australia Malvales of Australia Malvaceae genera Taxa named by Jaques Étienne Gay