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] |
Species | |
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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]
(listed by both Plants of the World online, [4] and FloraBase.) [5]