Philotheca

Philotheca
Philotheca buxifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Subfamily: Zanthoxyloideae
Genus: Philotheca
Rudge[1]
Philotheca coccinea
Philotheca conduplicata
Philotheca myoporoides
Philotheca nodiflora
Philotheca scabra
Philotheca spicata

Philotheca is a genus of about fifty species of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae. Plants in this genus are shrubs with simple leaves arranged alternately along the stems, flowers that usually have five sepals, five petals and ten stamens that curve inwards over the ovary. All species are endemic to Australia and there are species in every state, but not the Northern Territory.

  1. ^ "Philotheca". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 4 May 2019.