| Roycea | |
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| Roycea pycnophylloides | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Camphorosmoideae |
| Tribe: | Camphorosmeae |
| Genus: | Roycea C.A.Gardner12 |
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Roycea is a genus of plants formerly in the family Chenopodiaceae, and now in the Amaranthaceae. The genus was first described in 1948 by Charles Austin Gardner,1 and the genus name honours Robert Dunlop Royce (a helper at the Perth Herbarium).2 The entire genus is endemic to Western Australia.3 There are no synonyms.14
Species
(listed by both Plants of the World online,4 and FloraBase.)5
- Roycea divaricata Paul G.Wilson
- Roycea pycnophylloides C.A.Gardner
- Roycea spinescens C.A.Gardner
References
References
- "Roycea". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- Gardner, C.A. (1948). "Contributiones Florae Australiae Occidentalis, XII". Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 32: 77, t. II.
- "Roycea". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- "Roycea C.A.Gardner | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- "Roycea (genus & species) FloraBase—the Western Australian Flora". florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au. Western Australian HerbariumBiodiversity and Conservation Science. Retrieved 22 March 2020.