Baeckea
Baeckea is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. There are about 75 species, of which 70 are endemic to Australia; the others are distributed in New Caledonia and Southeast Asia.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Subfamily: | Myrtoideae |
| Tribe: | Chamelaucieae |
| Genus: | Baeckea L. |
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These plants are shrubs and trees with oppositely arranged leaves.[2] The leaves are very small, glandular, and aromatic. Flowers are solitary or borne in simple or compound inflorescences in the leaf axils. The flower has 5 sepals and 5 white, pink, or purple petals. The fruit is a dehiscent capsule.[3]
The genus is named in honor of the Swedish physician Abraham Bäck (1713–1795).[4]
Species
Many species formerly placed in the genus are currently included in Euryomyrtus, Harmogia, Kardomia, Oxymyrrhine, Rinzia, Sannantha, Seorsus and Triplarina.[5]
- Baeckea brevifolia Rudge
- Baeckea crassifolia Lindl. – desert heath-myrtle
- Baeckea diosmifolia Rudge – fringed baeckea
- Baeckea elderiana E.Pritz.
- Baeckea exserta S.Moore
- Baeckea grandibracteata E.Pritz.
- Baeckea grandiflora Benth. – large-flowered baeckea[3]
- Baeckea grandis E.Pritz.
- Baeckea gunniana Schauer ex Walp.
- Baeckea imbricata (Gaertn.) Druce – heath myrtle
- Baeckea latens C.R.P.Andrews
- Baeckea linifolia Rudge – weeping baeckea
- Baeckea muricata C.A.Gardner
- Baeckea ovalifolia (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
- Baeckea pachyphylla Benth.
- Baeckea pentagonantha F.Muell.
- Baeckea polystemonea F.Muell.
- Baeckea pygmaea Benth.
- Baeckea robusta F.Muell.
- Baeckea subcuneata F.Muell.
- Baeckea uncinella Benth.
- Baeckea utilis F.Muell. ex Miq. – mountain baeckea
References
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- "Genus Baeckea". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 2008-04-14.
- Baeckia. Flora of China.
- Baeckia. FloraBase. Western Australian Herbarium.
- Genaust, H. (1976). Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen ISBN 3-7643-0755-2
- "Baeckea". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2008-04-14.