Newcastelia
Genus of flowering plants
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Newcastelia is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae,[3] first described in 1857 by Ferdinand von Mueller, who placed it in the family, Verbenaceae.[2] The entire genus is endemic to Australia.[3]
- Species[3]
- Newcastelia bracteosa F.Muell. - Western Australia, South Australia, Northern Territory
- Newcastelia cephalantha F.Muell. - Western Australia, South Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland
- Newcastelia cladotricha F.Muell. - Western Australia, Northern Territory
- Newcastelia elliptica Munir - Western Australia, Northern Territory
- Newcastelia hexarrhena F.Muell. - Western Australia
- Newcastelia insignis E.Pritz. - Western Australia
- Newcastelia interrupta Munir - Queensland
- Newcastelia roseoazurea Rye - Western Australia[4]
- Newcastelia spodiotricha F.Muell. - Western Australia, South Australia, Northern Territory
- Newcastelia velutina Munir - Queensland
| Newcastelia | |
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| Newcastelia spodiotricha | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Prostantheroideae |
| Genus: | Newcastelia F.Muell.[1][2] |
Gallery
N. cephalantha flower
N. cephalantha
N.spodiotricha seed heads
See also
- Rye, B. L. (1996) A taxonomic review of the genera Lachnostachys, Newcastelia and Physopsis (Chloanthaceae) in Western Australia
- Wheeler, J. R.; Rye, B. L.; Koch, B. L.; Wilson, A. J. G.; Western Australian Herbarium (1992). Flora of the Kimberley region. Western Australian Herbarium. Como, W.A.
- Blackall, William E.; Grieve, Brian J. (1981). How to know Western Australian wildflowers : a key to the flora of the extratropical regions of Western Australia. Part IIIB, (Epacridaceae-Lamiaceae). University of W.A. Press. Perth.
