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Westringia
Sign in to saveWestringia 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.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Westringia is referenced by 45 other articles, and connects out to Lamiaceae, Robert Brown and George Bentham.
Vinony files it under Endemic flora of Australia, Lamiaceae genera and Taxa named by James Edward Smith (botanist).
Its subject is documented across 11 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyLamiaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 77
- With media
- 57
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Collections
- MEL, GH, CDA, RSA, DOV, UEM
- Recorded in
- Guyana, Australia, United States, Brazil, Brasil, Nouvelle-Hollande
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Westringieae
- Image
- Westringia fruticosa flower.jpg
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- Commons category
- Westringia
- taxon name
- Westringia
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon common name
- 澳迷迭香属
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Distribution
- Species list
- References
- External links
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.
==Distribution== Westringia has been found in the wild in all 6 states of Australia, as well as on Norfolk Island, but not in the Northern Territory.
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