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Thomasias
Thomasia
Thomasia is a genus of thirty-one species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. Plants in this genus are small shrubs that are endemic to the south-west of Western Australia, apart from T. petalocalyx that is native to Victoria and South Australia. The leaves are simple with leaf-like stipules at the base of the petiole, the flowers bisexual with five papery, petal-like sepals, usually five petals and five stamens opposite the petals. The fruit is a capsule covered with star-like hairs.
27 branches of this genus, most-observed first
paper flower
speciesThomasia petalocalyx
large flowered thomasia
speciesThomasia grandiflora
Thomasia macrocarpa
speciesThomasia macrocarpa
Thomasia foliosa
speciesThomasia foliosa
Thomasia paniculata
speciesThomasia paniculata
Thomasia triphylla
speciesThomasia triphylla
Narrow-leaved thomasia
speciesThomasia angustifolia
Thomasia discolor
speciesThomasia discolor
Thomasia microphylla
speciesThomasia microphylla
Thomasia brachystachys
speciesThomasia brachystachys
Thomasia rhynchocarpa
speciesThomasia rhynchocarpa
Thomasia quercifolia
speciesThomasia quercifolia
Thomasia montana
speciesThomasia montana
Thomasia solanacea
speciesThomasia solanacea
Thomasia pygmaea
speciesThomasia pygmaea
Thomasia cognata
speciesThomasia cognata
Thomasia pauciflora
speciesThomasia pauciflora
Thomasia purpurea
speciesThomasia purpurea
Thomasia tremandroides
speciesThomasia tremandroides
Thomasia macrocalyx
speciesThomasia macrocalyx
Thomasia stelligera
speciesThomasia stelligera
Thomasia sarotes
speciesThomasia sarotes
Thomasia rugosa
speciesThomasia rugosa
Thomasia tenuivestita
speciesThomasia tenuivestita
Thomasia rulingioides
speciesThomasia rulingioides
Thomasia glabripetala
speciesThomasia glabripetala
Thomasia dielsii
speciesThomasia dielsii
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 566895.