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Dicrastylis

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Dicrastylis is a genus of plants in the Lamiaceae, first described in 1855.[2][3] The entire genus is endemic to Australia.[1][4] The type species is Dicrastylis fulva.[3]

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Dicrastylis
Dicrastylis costelloi
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Prostantheroideae
Genus: Dicrastylis
Drumm. ex Harv.
Synonyms[1]
  • Mallophora Endl.
  • Lachnocephalus Turcz.
  • Dicrastyles Benth.
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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.[4]

Species

(According to the Plants of the World online)[5]

See also

  • B.L. Rye (2007). "A review of the sectional classification of Dicrastylis (Lamiaceae: Chloantheae) and four new arid-zone species from Western Australia" (PDF). Nuytsia. 17: 289–324. doi:10.58828/nuy00484. Wikidata Q100730354. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2017.
  • B.L. Rye (2005). "A taxonomic review of Dicrastylis sect. Corymbosae (Lamiaceae: Chloantheae), incorporating Mallophora as a new synonym" (PDF). Nuytsia. 15 (3): 445–456. doi:10.58828/nuy00438. Wikidata Q100730229. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2017.
  • B.L.Rye; M.E. Trudgen (1998). "A taxonomic revision of Dicrastylis sect. Dicrastylis (Lamiaceae subfamily Chloanthoideae)". Nuytsia. 12 (2): 207–228. doi:10.58828/nuy00297. Wikidata Q100730010.

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