Platytheca

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Platytheca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Tremandraceae
Genus: Platytheca
Steetz
Species

See text.

Platytheca is a genus of small shrubs in the family Tremandraceae, from the south-west of Western Australia.[1] The species was formally described by Joachim Steetz, his description published in Plantae Preissianae in 1845.[2]

Species include:

  • Platytheca galioides Steetz
  • Platytheca juniperina Domin
  • Platytheca sp. Argyle (G.J. & B.J. Keighery)
  • Platytheca sp. Sabina (G.J. & B.J. Keighery)[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Platytheca. FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia.
  2. ^ Platytheca. Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved on 2008-02-23.
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