- Anthocercis
image_caption = "Anthrocercis viscosa"
image_width = 240px
regnum =Plant ae
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 ofWestern Australia . The genus, which is placed within theSolanaceae family, was first formally described byJacques Labillardière in 1806. Anthocercis is known as the only Solonaceous plant known to produceresin compounds on glandulartrichomes .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
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