Astartea
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Astartea is a genus of the botanical
family
Myrtaceae
. The genus is endemic to the south west of Western Australia
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Species include:
Botany
Botany, plant science, or plant biology is a branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Traditionally, botany also included the study of fungi, algae and viruses...
family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Myrtaceae
Myrtaceae
The Myrtaceae or Myrtle family are a family of dicotyledon plants, placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtle, clove, guava, feijoa, allspice, and eucalyptus belong here. All species are woody, with essential oils, and flower parts in multiples of four or five...
. The genus is endemic to the south west of Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
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Species include:
- Astartea affinis (Endl.) Rye
- Astartea ambigua F.Muell.
- Astartea aspera Schauer
- Astartea clavifolia C.A.Gardner
- Astartea clavulata Turcz.
- Astartea corniculata Schauer
- Astartea fascicularisAstartea fascicularisAstartea fascicularis is a species of the botanical family Myrtaceae. This plant is endemic to the south west of Western Australia.An erect shrub to three, or five, metres in height, with white and pink flowers that appear throughout the year...
(Labill.) DC. - Astartea glomerulosa Schauer
- Astartea heteranthera C.A.Gardner
- Astartea intratropica F.Muell.
- Astartea laricifolia Schauer
- Astartea leptophylla Schauer
- Astartea muricata Turcz.
- Astartea scoparia Schauer