Anthocercis

Taxobox
name = "Anthocercis"

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image_caption = "Anthrocercis viscosa"
image_width = 240px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Solanales
familia = Solanaceae
genus = "Anthocercis"
genus_authority = Labill.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text

"Anthocercis", commonly known as Tailflower, is a genus of shrubs which are native to the desert of Western Australia. The genus, which is placed within the Solanaceae family, was first formally described by Jacques Labillardière in 1806. Anthocercis is known as the only Solonaceous plant known to produce resin compounds on glandular trichomes.Species include:
* "Anthocercis anisantha" Endl.
* "Anthocercis aromatica" C.A.Gardner
* "Anthocercis fasciculata" F.Muell.
* "Anthocercis genistoides" Miers
* "Anthocercis gracilis" Benth. (Slender Tailflower )
* "Anthocercis ilicifolia" Hook.
* "Anthocercis intricata" F.Muell.
* "Anthocercis littorea" Labill.,(Yellow Tailflower)
* "Anthocercis microphylla" F.Muell. (Small-leaved Anthocercis)
* "Anthocercis odgersii" F.Muell. (Woolly Anthocercis)
* "Anthocercis racemosa" F.Muell.
* "Anthocercis viscosa" R.Br. (Sticky Tailflower)

References

*Langenheim, Jean H. "Plant Resins", p. 95, 2003.
*APNI | name = Anthocercis Labill. | id = 40930
*FloraBase|name= Anthocercis |id=22029