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Backhousia is a genus of thirteen currently known species of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae. All the currently known species are endemic to Australia in the rainforests and seasonally dry forests of Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia.
In 1845 in the European science publication the Botanical Magazine William Jackson Hooker and William Henry Harvey first published this genus's formal description and name, after botanist James Backhouse from England and Australia.
Backhousia angustifolia · Johnstone River Hardwood · Australian Lemon Myrtle · Backhousia enata · Backhousia gundarara · Backhousia hughesii · Backhousia kingii · Carrol · Backhousia oligantha · Shatterwood · Giant Ironwood · Backhousia tetraptera
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Backhousia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
