''Lawrencia'' is a
plant
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
in the family
Malvaceae
Malvaceae, or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include okra, cotton, cacao and durian. There are also some genera containing familiar ...
. The genus is endemic to
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
.
Systematics
Species include:
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Lawrencia berthae
''Lawrencia'' is a plant genus in the family Malvaceae. The genus is endemic to Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), ...
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(F.Muell.) Melville - Showy Lawrencia
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Lawrencia buchananensis''
Lander
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Lawrencia chrysoderma''
Lander
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Lawrencia cinerea''
Lander
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Lawrencia densiflora''
(Baker f.) Melville
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Lawrencia diffusa''
(Benth.) Melville
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Lawrencia glomerata''
Hook. - Clustered Lawrencia
[
*'' Lawrencia helmsii'' (F.Muell. & Tate) Lander - Dunna Dunna][
*'' Lawrencia viridigrisea'' Lander
]
References
Endemic flora of Australia
Malvaceae genera
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