Overview
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Westringia is a genus of Australian shrubs. As with other members of the mint family their upper petal (or lip) is divided into two lobes. There are four stamens - the upper two are fertile while the lower two are reduced to staminodes. The leaves are in whorls of 3 or 4.
Species include:1]
- B.Boivin
- Westringia angustifolia R.Br.
- Westringia blakeana B.Boivin
- Westringia brevifolia Benth.
- Westringia cephalantha F.Muell.
- Westringia cheelii Maiden & Betche
- Westringia crassifolia N.A.Wakef. - Whipstick Westringia
- Westringia cremnophila N.A.Wakef. - Snowy River Westringia
- Westringia dampieri R.Br.
- Westringia davidii B.J.Conn
- Westringia discipulorum S.Moore - White Button Bush
- Westringia eremicola A.Cunn. ex Benth. - Slender Westringia
- Westringia fruticosa (Willd.) Druce - Coastal Rosemary
- Westringia glabra R.Br. - Violet Westringia
- Westringia grandifolia Benth.
- Westringia kydrensis B.J.Conn
- Westringia longepedunculata B.Boivin
- Westringia longifolia R.Br. - Long-leaved Westringia
- Westringia lucida B.Boivin - Shining Westringia
- Westringia parvifolia C.T.White & W.D.Francis
- Westringia rigida R.Br. - Stiff Westringia
- Westringia rubii folia R.Br.
- Westringia rupicola S.T.Blake
- Westringia saxatilis B.J.Conn
- Westringia senifolia F.Muell. - Alpine Westringia
- Westringia sericea B.Boivin
- Westringia tenuicaulis C.T.White & W.D.Francis
- Westringia viminalis B.J.Conn & Tozer
References
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- ^ "Westringia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=WESTRINGIA. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
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Taxonomy
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The Genus Westringia is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 56 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Genus Westringia: W. 'Highlight' (Highlight Westringia) · W. 'Poorinda Pavane' · W. 'Smokie' · W. 'Wynabbie Gem' · W. 'Wynyabbie Gem' · W. amabilis · W. angustifolia · W. blakeana · W. brevifolia (Small-Leafed Westringia) · W. brevifolia var. raleighii · W. capitata · W. cephalantha · W. cheelii · W. cinerea · W. crassifolia · W. cremnophila · W. damperi (Goldbanded Jobfish) · W. dampieri · W. davidii · W. discipulorum · W. eremicola (Slender Western-Rosemary) · W. eremicola var. quaterna · W. fruticosa (Coast Rosemary) · W. fruticosa 'Morning Light' (Coast Rosemary) · W. fruticosa 'Smokie' · W. fruticosa 'Variegata' · W. fruticosa 'Wynyabbie Gem' · W. glabra · W. grandifolia · W. grevillina · W. kydrensis · W. longelpedunculata · W. longepedunculata · W. longifolia · W. lucida · W. lurida · W. parvifolia · W. purpurea · W. quaterna · W. raleighii · W. rigida · W. rosmarinacea · W. rosmarinifolia · W. rosmariniformis · W. rubiaefolia (Sticky Westringia) · W. rubiifolia · W. rupicola · W. saxatilis · W. senifolia · W. sericea · W. serpyllifolia · W. tenuicaulis · W. triphylla · W. viminalis · W. violacea · W. williamsonii
References
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- ^ "Westringia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=WESTRINGIA. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
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