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'''''Guichenotia''''' is a [[genus]] of about 16 species [[flowering plant]] |
'''''Guichenotia''''' is a [[genus]] of about 16 species of [[flowering plant]] which are endemic to the south west of [[Western Australia]]. |
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The genus name honours [[Antoine Guichenot]], gardener's boy on the 1801–1803 French scientific voyage to Australia under [[Nicolas Baudin]]. Guichenot was poorly educated, with poor literacy skills and little knowledge of plants, yet worked extremely hard, collecting more plant specimens than the officially appointed botanist, [[Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour]], and, despite his poor literacy, labelling them with much more useful annotations.<ref name="Nelson 1976">{{cite journal | author = Nelson, E. Charles | year = 1976 | title = Antoine Guichenot and ''Adenanthos'' (Proteaceae) specimens collected during Baudin's Australian Expedition, 1801-1803 | journal = Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History | volume = 8 | issue = 1 | pages = 1–10 | doi = 10.3366/jsbnh.1976.8.PART_1.1 | issn = 0260-9541}}</ref> |
The genus name honours [[Antoine Guichenot]], gardener's boy on the 1801–1803 French scientific voyage to Australia under [[Nicolas Baudin]]. Guichenot was poorly educated, with poor literacy skills and little knowledge of plants, yet worked extremely hard, collecting more plant specimens than the officially appointed botanist, [[Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour]], and, despite his poor literacy, labelling them with much more useful annotations.<ref name="Nelson 1976">{{cite journal | author = Nelson, E. Charles | year = 1976 | title = Antoine Guichenot and ''Adenanthos'' (Proteaceae) specimens collected during Baudin's Australian Expedition, 1801-1803 | journal = Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History | volume = 8 | issue = 1 | pages = 1–10 | doi = 10.3366/jsbnh.1976.8.PART_1.1 | issn = 0260-9541}}</ref> |
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*''[[Guichenotia sarotes]]'' Benth. |
*''[[Guichenotia sarotes]]'' Benth. |
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*''[[Guichenotia seorsiflora]]'' C.F.Wilkins |
*''[[Guichenotia seorsiflora]]'' C.F.Wilkins |
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*''[[Guichenotia tuberculata]]'' C.F.Wilkins |
*''[[Guichenotia tuberculata]]'' C.F.Wilkins |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Guichenotia is a genus of about 16 species of flowering plant which are endemic to the south west of Western Australia.
The genus name honours Antoine Guichenot, gardener's boy on the 1801–1803 French scientific voyage to Australia under Nicolas Baudin. Guichenot was poorly educated, with poor literacy skills and little knowledge of plants, yet worked extremely hard, collecting more plant specimens than the officially appointed botanist, Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour, and, despite his poor literacy, labelling them with much more useful annotations.[1]
Species include:
- Guichenotia alba Keighery
- Guichenotia angustifolia (Turcz.) Druce
- Guichenotia apetala A.S.George
- Guichenotia asteriskos C.F.Wilkins
- Guichenotia astropletha C.F.Wilkins
- Guichenotia basivirida C.F.Wilkins
- Guichenotia glandulosa C.F.Wilkins
- Guichenotia impudica C.F.Wilkins
- Guichenotia intermedia C.F.Wilkins
- Guichenotia ledifolia J.Gay
- Guichenotia macrantha Turcz. - Large-flowered Guichenotia
- Guichenotia micrantha (Steetz) Benth. - Small-flowered Guichenotia
- Guichenotia quasicalva C.F.Wilkins
- Guichenotia sarotes Benth.
- Guichenotia seorsiflora C.F.Wilkins
- Guichenotia tuberculata C.F.Wilkins
References
- ^ Nelson, E. Charles (1976). "Antoine Guichenot and Adenanthos (Proteaceae) specimens collected during Baudin's Australian Expedition, 1801-1803". Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History. 8 (1): 1–10. doi:10.3366/jsbnh.1976.8.PART_1.1. ISSN 0260-9541.
- Australian Plant Name Index (APNI): Guichenotia
- FloraBase - the Western Australian flora: Guichenotia
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