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]
| Newcastelia | |
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| Newcastelia spodiotricha | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Prostantheroideae |
| Genus: | Newcastelia F.Muell.[1][2] |
- 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
Gallery
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N. cephalantha flower -
N. cephalantha -
N.spodiotricha seed heads
See also
edit- 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.
References
edit- ^ "Newcastelia". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ^ a b Mueller, F.J.H. von in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1857) Nova genera et species aliquot rariores in Plagis Australiae Intratropicis nuperrime detecta. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 9: 22. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Newcastelia
- ^ "Newcastelia roseoazurea (Rye)". FloraBase. Department of Parks and Wildlife (Western Australia). Retrieved 22 April 2017.
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