Guichenotia

Location & distribution maps

Phylogeny & links to associated information:

Wikipedia links:       Angiosperms > Eudicots > Rosids > Malvales > Malvaceae > Guichenotia 

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Plant  information

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Conservation status:  . . .

Etymology:   

• The genus name honours Antoine Guichenot, gardener's boy on the 1801–1803 French scientific voyage to Australia under Nicolas Baudin

Flowers:                  

• Bisexual with three bracteoles at the base of the sepals, and five petal-like sepals

• The petals are sometimes absent

Fruit:                         

• The fruit is a capsule usually containing 15 seeds

Leaves:         

• Simple, linear to oblong leaves 

• Leaf-like stipules at the base of the petiole

Stem & branches: 

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Distribution:                  

• Endemic to the south west of Western Australia

Species:                     

• World:           17

• Australia:     17

Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy

  • Guichenotia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae

  • The genus was first formally described in 1821 by Jaques Étienne Gay in Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle

  • The first species Gay described was Guichenotia ledifolia

• Species list

  • The following species of Guichenotia are accepted by the Australian Plant Census as at 22 March 2022:

    • Guichenotia alba 

    • Guichenotia angustifolia 

    • Guichenotia anota 

    • Guichenotia apetala 

    • Guichenotia asteriskos 

    • Guichenotia astropletha 

    • Guichenotia basiviridis 

    • Guichenotia glandulosa 

    • Guichenotia impudica 

    • Guichenotia intermedia 

    • Guichenotia ledifolia 

    • Guichenotia macrantha - large-flowered guichenotia

    • Guichenotia micrantha - small flowered guichenotia

    • Guichenotia quasicalva 

    • Guichenotia sarotes 

    • Guichenotia seorsiflora 

    • Guichenotia tuberculata 

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guichenotia (2023)