| Westringia | |
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| Westringia fruticosa | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Eudicots | 
| Clade: | Asterids | 
| Order: | Lamiales | 
| Family: | Lamiaceae | 
| Subfamily: | Prostantheroideae | 
| Genus: | Westringia Sm.  | 
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| Range of the genus | |
Westringia is a genus of Australian shrubs. As with other members of the mint family their upper petal (or lip) is divided into two lobes. There are four stamens - the upper two are fertile while the lower two are reduced to staminodes. The leaves are in whorls of 3 or 4.[1]
Distribution
Westringia has been found in the wild in all 6 states of Australia, as well as on Norfolk Island, but not in the Northern Territory.[2]
Species list
The following is a list of the species of Westringia described and recognised by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families at Kew Gardens[2][3]
- Westringia acifolia G.R.Guerin (W.A.)
 - Westringia amabilis B.Boivin (N.S.W., Qld.)
 - Westringia angustifolia R.Br. - scabrous westringia (Tas.)
 - Westringia blakeana B.Boivin - Blake's mint-bush
 - Westringia brevifolia Benth. - greater shortleaf westringia
 - Westringia capitonia G.R.Guerin
 - Westringia cephalantha F.Muell.
 - Westringia cheelii Maiden & Betche
 - Westringia crassifolia N.A.Wakef. - whipstick westringia (Vic.)
 - Westringia cremnophila N.A.Wakef. - Snowy River westringia (Vic.)
 - Westringia dampieri R.Br. - shore westringia (W.A.)
 - Westringia davidii B.J.Conn - David's westringia
 - Westringia discipulorum S.Moore - white button bush
 - Westringia eremicola A.Cunn. ex Benth. - slender westringia
 - Westringia fitzgeraldensis R.W.Davis & Jobson
 - Westringia fruticosa (Willd.) Druce - coastal rosemary
 - Westringia glabra R.Br. - violet westringia
 - Westringia grandifolia Benth.
 - Westringia kydrensis B.J.Conn - Kydra westringia
 - Westringia longepedunculata B.Boivin
 - Westringia longifolia R.Br. - long-leaved westringia
 - Westringia lucida B.Boivin - shining westringia
 - Westringia lurida Gand.
 - Westringia ophioglossa R.W.Davis & Jobson
 - Westringia parvifolia C.T.White & W.D.Francis
 - Westringia rigida R.Br. - stiff westringia
 - Westringia rubiifolia R.Br. - sticky westringia
 - Westringia rupicola S.T.Blake
 - Westringia saxatilis B.J.Conn
 - Westringia senifolia F.Muell. - alpine westringia
 - Westringia sericea B.Boivin - silky rosemary; native rosemary
 - Westringia tenuicaulis C.T.White & W.D.Francis - tufted westringia
 - Westringia viminalis B.J.Conn & Tozer - Lord Howe westringia
 
References
- ↑ Guerin, G.R. (2009). A revision of Westringia section Cephalowestringia (Lamiaceae: Westringieae). Australian Systematic Botany 22: 121-136.
 - 1 2 "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". Apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
 - ↑ "Westringia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
 
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