''Sannantha'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family

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that are native to

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and

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. Plants in the genus ''Sannantha'' are shrubs or trees with leaves arranged in opposite pairs, flowers usually arranged in small groups, the peduncles often 1.5–2 times as long as the

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and with seven to fourteen

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s. The fruit is a thin-walled capsule containing flattened, D-shaped seeds. Some species of ''Sannantha'' were previously included in the genus ''

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''. The genus ''Sannantha'' was first formally described in 2007 by Peter Gordon Wilson in ''

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Species list

The following is a list of ''Sannantha'' species accepted by

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as at March 2022: *'' Sannantha angusta'' (

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) Peter G.Wilson (New South Wales, Queensland) *'' Sannantha bidwillii'' (A.R.Bean) Peter G.Wilson (Queensland) *'' Sannantha brachypoda'' (A.R.Bean) Peter G.Wilson (Queensland) *'' Sannantha collina'' (A.R.Bean) Peter G.Wilson (New South Wales, Queensland) *'' Sannantha crassa'' (A.R.Bean) Peter G.Wilson (New South Wales) *'' Sannantha crenulata'' (F.Muell.) Peter G.Wilson - fern-leaf baeckea (Victoria) *'' Sannantha cunninghamii'' ( Schauer) Peter G.Wilson (New South Wales) *'' Sannantha leratii'' (

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) Peter G.Wilson (New Caledonia) *'' Sannantha papillosa'' (A.R.Bean) Peter G.Wilson (Queensland) *'' Sannantha pinifolia'' ( Labill.) Peter G.Wilson (New Caledonia) *'' Sannantha pluriflora'' (

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) Peter G.Wilson - tall baeckea (New South Wales, Victoria) *'' Sannantha procera'' ( J.W.Dawson) Peter G.Wilson (New Caledonia) *'' Sannantha similis'' (A.R.Bean) Peter G.Wilson (New South Wales, Queensland) *'' Sannantha tozerensis'' (A.R.Bean) Peter G.Wilson (Queensland) *'' Sannantha virgata'' (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Peter G.Wilson (New Caledonia) *'' Sannantha whitei'' Peter G.Wilson (New South Wales)

References

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