Roycea
Roycea is a genus of plants formerly in the family Chenopodiaceae, and now in the Amaranthaceae. The genus was first described in 1948 by Charles Austin Gardner,[1] and the genus name honours Robert Dunlop Royce (a helper at the Perth Herbarium).[2] The entire genus is endemic to Western Australia.[3] There are no synonyms.[1][4]
| Roycea | |
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| Roycea pycnophylloides | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Camphorosmoideae |
| Tribe: | Camphorosmeae |
| Genus: | Roycea C.A.Gardner[1][2] |
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Species
(listed by both Plants of the World online,[4] and FloraBase.)[5]
- Roycea divaricata Paul G.Wilson
- Roycea pycnophylloides C.A.Gardner
- Roycea spinescens C.A.Gardner
References
- "Roycea". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- Gardner, C.A. (1948). "Contributiones Florae Australiae Occidentalis, XII". Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 32: 77, t. II.
- "Roycea". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- "Roycea C.A.Gardner | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- "Roycea (genus & species) FloraBase—the Western Australian Flora". florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au. Western Australian HerbariumBiodiversity and Conservation Science. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
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