Platysace
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Platysace is a genus
of woody perennial herbs and subshrub
s in the family Apiaceae
. The genus is endemic to Australia
.
Species include:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of woody perennial herbs and subshrub
Subshrub
A subshrub or dwarf shrub is a short woody plant. Prostrate shrub is a similar term.It is distinguished from a shrub by its ground-hugging stems and lower height, with overwintering perennial woody growth typically less than 10–20 cm tall, or by being only weakly woody and/or persisting...
s in the family Apiaceae
Apiaceae
The Apiaceae , commonly known as carrot or parsley family, is a group of mostly aromatic plants with hollow stems. The family is large, with more than 3,700 species spread across 434 genera, it is the sixteenth largest family of flowering plants...
. The genus is endemic to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
Species include:
- Platysace anceps (DC) C. Norman
- Platysace arnhemica Specht
- Platysace cirrosa Bunge (Karna)
- Platysace clelandii (Maiden & Betche) L. A. S. Johnson
- Platysace commutata (Turcz) C. Norman
- Platysace compressa (Labill) C. Norman (Tapeworm Plant)
- Platysace deflexa (Turcz) C. Norman
- Platysace dissecta (Benth) C. Norman (Dissected Platysace)
- Platysace eatoniae (F. Muell) C. Norman
- Platysace effusa (Turcz) C. Norman
- Platysace ericoides (Spreng) C. Norman
- Platysace filiformis (Bunge) C. Norman
- Platysace flexuosa Turcz)
- Platysace haplosciadia (Benth) C. Norman
- Platysace heterophylla (Benth) C. Norman
- Platysace juncea (Bunge) C. Norman
- Platysace kochii L. A. S. Johnson
- Platysace lanceolataPlatysace lanceolataPlatysace lanceolata, commonly known as Shrubby Platysace, is a shrub species that is native to south-eastern Australia. It grows to 1.5 metres high and has leaves that are 10 to 50 mm long and 4 to 5 mm wide...
(Labill) Druce (Shrubby Platysace) - Platysace linearifoliaPlatysace linearifoliaPlatysace linearifolia known as Carrrot Tops is a slender shrub, found growing on poor sandy soils in eastern Australia, north of Jervis Bay. It may form large colonies and is easily noticed in the late summer and autumn when covered in small white flowers. It grows from 40 cm to 1.5 metres tall...
(Cav) C. Norman - Platysace maxwellii (F. Muell) C. Norman (Karno)
- Platysace pendula (Benth) C. Norman
- Platysace ramosissima (Benth) C. Norman
- Platysace saxatilis Keighery
- Platysace stephensonii (Turcz) C. Norman
- Platysace tenuissima (Benth) C. Norman
- Platysace teres (Bunge) C. Norman
- Platysace valida (F. Muell) F. Muell
- Platysace xerophila L. A. S. Johnson