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
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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Species

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

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References
  1. "Roycea". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. Gardner, C.A. (1948). "Contributiones Florae Australiae Occidentalis, XII". Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 32: 77, t. II.
  3. "Roycea". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  4. "Roycea C.A.Gardner | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  5. "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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