Taxandria inundata

Taxandria inundata is a species of shrub in the Myrtaceae family that is endemic to an area along the south western coast of Western Australia.[1]

Taxandria inundata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Taxandria
Species:
T. inundata
Binomial name
Taxandria inundata

The shrub can grow to a height of approximately 2 metres (7 ft). It blooms from January to June producing white flowers. Found in water-logged low-lying areas, swamps and lake margins in the South West region of Western Australia where it grows in peaty sandy or clay soils.[1]

It was first formally described by the botanists, John Wheeler and Neville Marchant in 2007, as part of the work A revision of the Western Australian genus Agonis (Myrtaceae) and two new segregate genera Taxandria and Paragonis in the journal Nuytsia.[2]

References

  1. "Taxandria inundata". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  2. "Taxandria inundata J.R.Wheeler & N.G.Marchant". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
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