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Dicrastylis
Dicrastylis costelloi var. costelloi habit.jpg
Dicrastylis costelloi
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Prostantheroideae
Genus: Dicrastylis
Drumm. ex Harv.
Map.Dicrastylis.jpg
Synonyms
  • Mallophora Endl.
  • Lachnocephalus Turcz.

Dicrastylis is a genus of plants in the Lamiaceae, first described in 1855. The entire genus is endemic to Australia. The type species is Dicrastylis fulva.

Description

The fruit is a non-fleshy; indehiscent, 4-celled nut, with each cell having 1-2 seeds. The calyx is five-lobed and woolly outside.

Species

  • Dicrastylis archeri Munir - Western Australia
  • Dicrastylis beveridgei F.Muell. - Western Australia, South Australia, Northern Territory
  • Dicrastylis brunnea Munir - Western Australia
  • Dicrastylis capitellata Munir - Western Australia
  • Dicrastylis cordifolia Munir - Western Australia
  • Dicrastylis corymbosa (Endl.) Munir - Western Australia
  • Dicrastylis costelloi F.M.Bailey - Western Australia, South Australia, Northern Territory
  • Dicrastylis cundeeleensis Rye - Western Australia
  • Dicrastylis doranii F.Muell. - Western Australia, South Australia, Northern Territory
  • Dicrastylis exsuccosa (F.Muell.) Druce - Western Australia, South Australia, Northern Territory
  • Dicrastylis flexuosa (M.P.Price) C.A.Gardner - Western Australia
  • Dicrastylis fulva Drumm. ex Harv. - Western Australia
  • Dicrastylis gilesii F.Muell - Western Australia, Northern Territory
  • Dicrastylis globiflora (Endl.) Rye - Western Australia
  • Dicrastylis incana Munir - Western Australia
  • Dicrastylis kumarinensis Rye - Western Australia
  • Dicrastylis lewellinii (F.Muell.) F.Muell - South Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales
  • Dicrastylis linearifolia Munir - Western Australia
  • Dicrastylis maritima Rye & Trudgen - Western Australia
  • Dicrastylis micrantha Munir - Western Australia
  • Dicrastylis mitchellii Rye - Western Australia
  • Dicrastylis nicholasii F.Muell. - Western Australia
  • Dicrastylis obovata Munir - Western Australia
  • Dicrastylis parvifolia F.Muell - Western Australia
  • Dicrastylis reticulata Drumm. ex Harv. - Western Australia
  • Dicrastylis rugosifolia (Munir) Rye - Western Australia
  • Dicrastylis sessilifolia Munir - Western Australia
  • Dicrastylis soliparma Rye & Trudgen - Western Australia
  • Dicrastylis subterminalis Rye - Western Australia
  • Dicrastylis velutina Munir - Western Australia
  • Dicrastylis verticillata J.M.Black - South Australia(According to the Plants of the World online)

See also

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