''Microcorys'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s in the family
Lamiaceae, first described in 1810. The entire genus is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
to
Australia.
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# '' Microcorys barbata'' R.Br. - Western Australia
# '' Microcorys boxwood'' Newbey - Western Australia
# '' Microcorys capitata'' ( Bartl.) ]Benth.
George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
- Western Australia
# '' Microcorys cephalantha'' B.J.Conn - Western Australia
# '' Microcorys elliptica'' B.J.Conn - Northern Territory
# '' Microcorys eremophiloides'' Kenneally - Western Australia
# '' Microcorys ericifolia'' Benth. - Western Australia
# '' Microcorys exserta'' Benth. - Western Australia
# '' Microcorys glabra'' (Bartl.) Benth. - Western Australia
# '' Microcorys lenticularis'' F.Muell.
Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (german: Müller; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Vic ...
- Western Australia
# '' Microcorys loganiacea'' F.Muell. - Western Australia
# '' Microcorys longiflora'' F.Muell. - Western Australia
# '' Microcorys longifolia'' (Benth.) Benth. - Western Australia
# '' Microcorys macredieana'' F.Muell. - Northern Territory
# '' Microcorys obovata'' Benth. - Western Australia
# '' Microcorys pimeloides'' F.Muell. - Western Australia
# '' Microcorys purpurea'' R.Br. - Western Australia
# '' Microcorys queenslandica'' C.T.White - Queensland
# '' Microcorys subcanescens'' Benth. - Western Australia
# '' Microcorys tenuifolia'' Benth. - Western Australia
# '' Microcorys virgata'' R.Br. - Western Australia
# '' Microcorys wilsoniana'' B.J.Conn - Western Australia
References
Lamiaceae
Lamiaceae genera
Endemic flora of Australia
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