Jacksonia (plant)

Jacksonia
Jacksonia furcellata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Mirbelieae
Genus: Jacksonia
R.Br. ex Sm.
Species

See text.

Jacksonia is a genus of leafless broom-like shrub in the flowering plant family Fabaceae. Endemic to Australia, they occur in a range of habitats in all Australian states except South Australia.

List of species

This is a list of published Jacksonia species as of 2007. The genus was under revision by Dr Jennifer Chappill prior to her death in 2006, and a great many new species were described by her in manuscript form, but remain unpublished. These include the endangered species J. pungens Chappill ms and J. quairading Chappill ms.

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