''Guichenotia'' is a genus of about 16 species of flowering plants that are
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 the south west of
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to t ...
.
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''.
The genus name honours
Antoine Guichenot, gardener's boy on the 1801–1803 French scientific voyage to Australia under
Nicolas Baudin
Nicolas Thomas Baudin (; 17 February 1754 – 16 September 1803) was a French explorer, cartographer, naturalist and hydrographer, most notable for his explorations in Australia and the southern Pacific.
Biography
Early career
Born a comm ...
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Species list
The following species of ''Guichenotia'' are accepted by the
Australian Plant Census The Australian Plant Census (APC) provides an online interface to currently accepted, published, scientific names of the vascular flora of Australia, as one of the output interfaces of the national government Integrated Biodiversity Information Syst ...
as at 22 March 2022:
*''
Guichenotia alba''
Keighery
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Guichenotia angustifolia''
(Turcz.
Nikolai Stepanovich Turczaninow ( ru , Николай Степанович Турчанинов, 1796 in Nikitovka, now in Krasnogvardeysky District, Belgorod Oblast, Russia – 1863 in Kharkov) was a Russian botanist and plant collector ...
) Druce
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Guichenotia anota''
C.F.Wilkins
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Guichenotia apetala''
A.S.George
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Guichenotia asteriskos''
C.F.Wilkins
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Guichenotia astropletha''
C.F.Wilkins
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Guichenotia basiviridis''
C.F.Wilkins
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Guichenotia glandulosa''
C.F.Wilkins
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Guichenotia impudica''
C.F.Wilkins
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Guichenotia intermedia''
C.F.Wilkins
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Guichenotia ledifolia''
J.Gay
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Guichenotia macrantha''
Turcz. - large-flowered guichenotia
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Guichenotia micrantha''
( Steetz) 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 ...
- small-flowered guichenotia
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Guichenotia quasicalva''
C.F.Wilkins
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Guichenotia sarotes''
Benth.
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Guichenotia seorsiflora''
C.F.Wilkins
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Guichenotia tuberculata''
C.F.Wilkins
References
FloraBase - the Western Australian flora: ''Guichenotia''
Byttnerioideae
Rosids of Western Australia
Malvales of Australia
Malvaceae genera
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