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Backhousia
Backhousia is a genus of thirteen currently known species of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae. All the currently known species grow naturally only (endemic) in Australia in the rainforests and seasonally dry forests of Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia.
13 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Grey Myrtle
speciesBackhousia myrtifolia
Lemon myrtle
speciesBackhousia citriodora
Backhousia subargentea
speciesBackhousia subargentea
brown myrtle
speciesBackhousia leptopetala
Backhousia angustifolia
speciesBackhousia angustifolia
shatterwood
speciesBackhousia sciadophora
Backhousia tetraptera
speciesBackhousia tetraptera
Backhousia kingii
speciesBackhousia kingii
Backhousia bancroftii
speciesBackhousia bancroftii
Backhousia hughesii
speciesBackhousia hughesii
Backhousia oligantha
speciesBackhousia oligantha
Backhousia enata
speciesBackhousia enata
Backhousia gundarara
speciesBackhousia gundarara
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 122832.