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.[1][4]

Roycea
Roycea pycnophylloides
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Subfamily: Camphorosmoideae
Tribe: Camphorosmeae
Genus: Roycea
C.A.Gardner[1][2]
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(listed by both Plants of the World online,[4] and FloraBase.)[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Roycea". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. ^ a b Gardner, C.A. (1948). "Contributiones Florae Australiae Occidentalis, XII". Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 32: 77, t. II.
  3. ^ "Roycea". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.  
  4. ^ a b "Roycea C.A.Gardner | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Roycea (genus & species) FloraBase—the Western Australian Flora". florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au. Western Australian HerbariumBiodiversity and Conservation Science. Retrieved 22 March 2020.