Lechenaultia

Taxobox
name = "Lechenaultia"


image_width = 200px
image_caption = "Lechenaultia linarioides"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Goodeniaceae
genus = "Lechenaultia"
genus_authority = R.Br.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.
synonyms = "Latouria" (Endl.) Lindl.
"Leschenaultia" Benth.
"Leschenaultia" sect. Latouria (Endl.) Benth.
"Ericopsis" C.A.Gardner
"Latouria" (Endl.) Lindl.
"Lechenautia" Juss.

"Lechenaultia" is a genus of plants in the Goodeniaceae family. Some species of this genus are used like a ornamental plants. "Lechenaultia" species are diverse in form, they may appear as trees, shrubs, or small herbaceous plants.

They are named for the botanist attached to the Baudin's expedition to Australia, Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour. The genus name was changed to "Leschenaultia", but reverted to Robert Brown's spelling in the 1950s. The common names of the species maintains the correction, as with the section name.

The following is a list of the taxa contained by the genus "Lechenaultia";;Sections:"Lechenaultia" R.Br. sect. "Leschenaultia":"Lechenaultia" sect. "Patenti" D.A.Morrison:"Lechenaultia brevifolia" D.A.Morrison;Species:"Lechenaultia acutiloba" Benth.:"Lechenaultia aphylla" D.A.Morrison:"Lechenaultia biloba" Lindl.:"Lechenaultia chlorantha" F.Muell.:"Lechenaultia divaricata" F.Muell.:"Lechenaultia expansa" R.Br.:"Lechenaultia filiformis" R.Br.:"Lechenaultia floribunda" Benth.:"Lechenaultia formosa" R.Br.:"Lechenaultia heteromera" Benth.:"Lechenaultia hirsuta"F.Muell.:"Lechenaultia juncea" E.Pritz.:"Lechenaultia laricina" Lindl.:"Lechenaultia linarioides" DC.:"Lechenaultia longiloba" F.Muell.:"Lechenaultia lutescens" D.A.Morrison & Carolin:"Lechenaultia ovata" D.A.Morrison:"Lechenaultia papillata" D.A.Morrison:"Lechenaultia pulvinaris" C.A.Gardner:"Lechenaultia stenosepala" E.Pritz.:"Lechenaultia striata" F.Muell. :"Lechenaultia subcymosa" C.A.Gardner & A.S.George:"Lechenaultia superba" F.Muell.:"Lechenaultia tubiflora" R.Br.

In addition to these species, there are two descriptions of specimens held at the Western Australian Herbarium:
*"Lechenaultia" sp. Gibson Desert
*"Lechenaultia" sp. Kokardine

References

*FloraBase|name = "Lechenaultia"|id= 22143
*APNI|name = "Lechenaultia"|id= 38597
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