Kunzea

taxobox
name = "Kunzea"


image_caption = "Kunzea ericoides"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Myrtales
familia = Myrtaceae
genus = "Kunzea"
genus_authority = Benth.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.|

"Kunzea" is a genus of 36-40 species of shrub in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. They are endemic to Australia with one species extending to New Zealand. They are found throughout the Australian continent with most species occurring in southwestern Western Australia. In appearance they resemble the closely-related "Callistemon" genus, but differ in the arrangement of the stamens.

The genus was named after German naturalist Gustav Kunze, professor of botany in Leipzig. [cite book |author=Eliot RW, Jones DL, Blake T |title=Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants Suitable for Cultivation: Volume 6 (K-M)|year=1993|pages=p. 15 |publisher=Lothian Press |location=Port Melbourne |isbn=0-85091-589-9]

Several species of "Kunzea" are weeds in the fynbos regions of southern South Africa

pecies

Include
* "Kunzea ambigua"
* "Kunzea baxteri"
* "Kunzea bracteolata"
* "Kunzea cambagei"
* "Kunzea capitata"
* "Kunzea ericoides"
* "Kunzea ericifolia"
* "Kunzea flavescens"
* "Kunzea glabrescens"
* "Kunzea muelleri"
* "Kunzea obovata"
* "Kunzea opposita"
* "Kunzea parviflora"
* "Kunzea parvifolia"
* "Kunzea parvifolium"
* "Kunzea pomifera"
* "Kunzea pulchella"

References

External links

* [http://farrer.riv.csu.edu.au/ASGAP/k-bax.html Photograph and description of the genus]