Austrobaeckea is a genus of plants in the myrtle family (Myrtaceae). It contains eight species which are native to Southwest Australia.[1][2]
Species of the genus are native to the southern coastal region of Southwest Australia, from Walpole in the west to Israelite Bay in the east.[2]
The genus was described in 2021 by Barbara L. Rye. Five species were formerly classed in the genera Baeckea and Tetrapora, and three new species were described in 2021 along with the genus.[2]
^Austrobaeckea Rye.Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
^ abcRye, Barbara L. (2021). Austrobaeckea, a new south-western Australian genus of Myrtaceae (Chamelaucieae: Hysterobaeckeinae). Nuytsia 32: 173–197, 9 December 2021
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east of Stokes Inlet. In 2021, Barbara Lynette Rye changed the name to Austrobaeckea uncinella, but the name has not yet been accepted by the Australian...
(pygmaea) means "dwarf". In 2021, Barbara Lynette Rye changed the name to Austrobaeckea pygmaea, but the name has not yet been accepted by the Australian Plant...
Esperance in October 1903. In 2021, Barbara Lynette Rye changed the name to Austrobaeckea latens, but the name has not yet been accepted by the Australian Plant...
means "thick-leaved". In 2021, Barbara Lynette Rye changed the name to Austrobaeckea pachyphylla, but the name has not yet been accepted by the Australian...
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