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Agonis is a genus of flowering plants in the plant family Myrtaceae. All are endemic to Western Australia, growing near the coast in the south west. Plants in the genus Agonis are shrubs or trees with bisexual flowers arranged in heads in leaf axils with 5 sepals and usually 5 white petals, each with 15 to 30 stamens arranged opposite the sepals, and the fruit a woody capsule.

Species

FamilyMyrtaceae
Native toWestern Australia

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
58
With media
45
Family
Myrtaceae
Collections
MEL, RSA, SD, BRIT
Recorded in
Australia, United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Myrtaceae
Image
Agonis flexuosa.jpg
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Commons category
Agonis
taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Agonis
topic's main category
Category:Agonis
endemic to
Australia
taxon common name
柳香桃属
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Agonis is a genus of flowering plants in the plant family Myrtaceae. All are endemic to Western Australia, growing near the coast in the south west. Plants in the genus Agonis are shrubs or trees with bisexual flowers arranged in heads in leaf axils with 5 sepals and usually 5 white petals, each with 15 to 30 stamens arranged opposite the sepals, and the fruit a woody capsule.

==Description== Plants in the genus Agonis are shrubs or trees, the leaves simple with small glands. The flowers are bisexual with a pair of bracteoles and a bract at the base. The flowers have a leathery floral tube, 5 egg-shaped or triangular sepals, 5 white petals and 15 to 30 stamens in a single whorl with 6 or 7 stamens opposite the sepals and none opposite the petals. The ovary is inferior with the style in a depression at the top of the ovary, and the fruit is a woody capsule with winged seeds.

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