Melichrus
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Melichrus is a genus
of flowering plant
s in the family Ericaceae
. The genus is endemic to eastern Australia
.
Species include:
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...
of flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in the family Ericaceae
Ericaceae
The Ericaceae, commonly known as the heath or heather family, is a group of mostly calcifuge flowering plants. The family is large, with roughly 4000 species spread across 126 genera, making it the 14th most speciose family of flowering plants...
. The genus is endemic to eastern 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...
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Species include:
- Melichrus adpressus A.Cunn. ex DC.
- Melichrus erubescens A.Cunn. ex DC.
- Melichrus hirsutus J.B.Williams
- Melichrus procumbens (Cav.) Druce
- Melichrus sp. Inglewood
- Melichrus sp. Isla Gorge
- Melichrus sp. Gibberagee
- Melichrus sp. Newfoundland State Forest
- Melichrus sp. Tara
- Melichrus urceolatusMelichrus urceolatusMelichrus urceolatus, commonly known as Urn Heath or Honey-gland Heath, is a species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. The species is native to Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria in Australia. It is an erect shrub that grows to between 0.2 and 1.5 metres in height...
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