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Pseudanthus
Sign in to savePseudanthus is a genus of nine species of flowering plants in the family Picrodendraceae, and is endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus Pseudanthus are small, heath-like, monoecious shrubs with simple, leathery leaves, and flowers arranged in upper leaf axils.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Pseudanthus is referenced by 15 other articles, and connects out to Kurt Sprengel, Johannes Müller Argoviensis and plant.
Vinony files it under Endemic flora of Australia, Malpighiales genera and Pseudanthus.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalpighiales
- FamilyPicrodendraceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 14
- With media
- 13
- Family
- Picrodendraceae
- Collections
- CAS, BRIT, MEL, VT, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Picrodendraceae
- Image
- Pseudanthus pimeleoides.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Pseudanthus
- topic's main category
- Category:Pseudanthus
- taxonomic type
- Pseudanthus pimeleoides
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Description
- Taxonomy
- Species list
- See also
- References
Pseudanthus is a genus of nine species of flowering plants in the family Picrodendraceae, and is endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus Pseudanthus are small, heath-like, monoecious shrubs with simple, leathery leaves, and flowers arranged in upper leaf axils.
==Description== Plants in the genus Micrantheum are heath-like, monoecious shrubs with simple, leathery leaves with thickened edges. The leaves are on a short petiole with tiny stipules at the base. The flowers are arranged in upper leaf axils with bracts at the base. Male flowers are arranged in clusters on a short peduncle, and have six stamens. Female flowers are arranged singly and have an ovary with two or three cells with two ovules per cell, and two or three styles. The fruit is a capsule containing seeds with a caruncle.
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