''Roycea'' is a genus of plants formerly in the family Chenopodiaceae, and now in the

Amaranthaceae Amaranthaceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the amaranth family, in reference to its type genus ''Amaranthus''. It includes the former goosefoot family Chenopodiaceae and contains about 165 genera and 2,040 species, making it ...

. The genus was first described in 1948 by

Charles Austin Gardner Charles Austin Gardner (6 January 1896 – 24 February 1970) was an English-born Western Australian botanist. Biography Born in Lancaster, in England, on 6 January 1896, Gardner emigrated to Western Australia with his family in 1909, whe ...

, and the genus name honours Robert Dunlop Royce (a helper at the Perth Herbarium). The entire genus is endemic to

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

. There are no synonyms.

Species

(listed by both

Plants of the World online Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It was launched in March 2017 with the ultimate aim being "to enable users to access information on all the world's known seed-bearing plants by ...

, and FloraBase.) *'' Roycea divaricata''

Paul G.Wilson Paul Graham Wilson (born 1928) is an Australian botanist. He has been a most prolific contributor to the journal ''Nuytsia'', contributing to the first issue in 1970 and to the 12th volume in 1998, which was dedicated to him for his contribution ...

*'' Roycea pycnophylloides'' C.A.Gardner *'' Roycea spinescens'' C.A.Gardner

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q10364766 Eudicots of Western Australia Taxa named by Charles Gardner Amaranthaceae genera