Argophyllum
Encyclopedia
Argophyllum is a genus
in the Argophyllaceae
family comprising around eleven species of shrubs and small trees. They feature alternate, simple leaves, often silvery white underneath. Found in Australia
and New Caledonia
.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
in the Argophyllaceae
Argophyllaceae
The Argophyllaceae is a family of shrubs or small trees belonging to the order Asterales. The family includes two genera Argophyllum and Corokia. Members of the family are native to eastern Australia, New Zealand, Lord Howe Island, New Caledonia, and Rapa Iti....
family comprising around eleven species of shrubs and small trees. They feature alternate, simple leaves, often silvery white underneath. Found in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and New Caledonia
New Caledonia
New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...
.
Species
- Argophyllum brevipetalum
- Argophyllum cryptophlebum
- Argophyllum ellipticum
- Argophyllum grunowii
- Argophyllum latifolium
- Argophyllum laxum
- Argophyllum lejourdanii
- Argophyllum montanum
- Argophyllum nitidum
- Argophyllum nullumenseArgophyllum nullumenseArgophyllum nullumense the Silver Leaf is a shrub or small tree found in eastern Australia. A rare plant with a ROTAP rating of 3RCa...
- Argophyllum schlechterianum
- Argophyllum verae
- Argophyllum vernicosum