Backhousia
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Backhousia is a genus of thirteen currently known species of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae.[1][2] All the currently known species are endemic to Australia in the rainforests and seasonally dry forests of Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia.[2][3]
In 1845 in the European science publication the Botanical Magazine William Jackson Hooker and William Henry Harvey first published this genus's formal description and name, after botanist James Backhouse from England and Australia.[1][2][4]
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Species
Sourced from the authoritative Australian Plant Name Index and Australian Plant Census since June 2014[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"..[2] For taxa including undescribed species further afield outside Australia, for example likely in New Guinea, this list lacks them—refer also to the genus Kania.[2][3]
- Backhousia angustifolia Template:Au, curry myrtle, narrow leaf myrtle
- Backhousia bancroftii Template:Au, Johnstone River hardwood
- Backhousia citriodora Template:Au, lemon scented myrtle, sweet verbena tree, lemon scented verbena, lemon ironwood
- Backhousia enata Template:Au[5]
- Backhousia gundarara Template:Au; formerly Backhousia sp. Prince Regent (W.O'Sullivan & D.Dureau WODD 42) WA Herbarium [6]
- Backhousia hughesii Template:Au, stony backhousia, stonewood, lime wood, grey teak
- Backhousia kingii Template:Au
- Backhousia leptopetala Template:Au, former name: Choricarpia leptopetala Template:Au, brush turpentine, brown myrtle[6]
- Backhousia myrtifolia Template:Au, grey myrtle, carrol, ironwood, neverbreak, iron myrtle, cinnamon myrtle
- Backhousia oligantha Template:Au[7]
- Backhousia sciadophora Template:Au, shatterwood, ironwood, boomerang tree
- Backhousia subargentea Template:Au, former name: Choricarpia subargentea Template:Au, giant ironwood, scrub ironwood, lancewood, ironwood box[6]
- Backhousia tetraptera Template:Au[6][8]
- Formerly included here
- Backhousia anisata was transferred to Anetholea anisata,[9] and later to Syzygium anisatum.[10]
References
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