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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Adenanthos''
| image = Adenanthos detmoldii Cranbourne email.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Adenanthos detmoldii''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Proteales]]
| familia = [[Proteaceae]]
| genus = '''''Adenanthos'''''
| genus_authority = [[Jacques Labillardière|Labill.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}
'''''Adenanthos''''' is a [[genus]] of [[shrub]]s and small [[tree]]s in the family [[Proteaceae]]. There are 33 species in the genus, 31 of which are [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to southwestern [[Western Australia]].
''Adenanthos'' species vary in form from prostrate shrubs to trees up to three metres tall. They are evergreen, with small, often hairy, leaves. The leaves have nectar glands, usually at the tip but in some species all over the leaf surface. These attract [[ant]]s, which play a role in distribution of ''Adenanthos'' seeds. Unusually for members of the Proteaceae family, ''Adenanthos'' do not have large showy flowers; the flowers are small, dull, and often hidden within the foliage.
The common name for the genus is '''stick-in-jug''', but this name is not often heard. A number of the better known species bear the common name [[woollybush]], and this has become the common name most often associated with the genus. The genus name comes from the [[Greek language|Greek]] ''aden'', (''gland'') and ''anthos'' (''flower''), and refers to the [[gland]]s at the base of the [[ovary (plants)|ovary]].
Adenanthos species are widely distributed throughout the southwest corner of Western Australia, near the coast from [[Geraldton, Western Australia|Geraldton]] to [[Esperance, Western Australia|Esperance]], and inland to [[Kalgoorlie, Western Australia|Kalgoorlie]]. The two species that occur outside this region are ''[[Adenanthos terminalis]]'', which extends along the south coast through [[South Australia]] and into western [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]; and ''[[Adenanthos macropodianus]]'', which is endemic to [[Kangaroo Island]].
;Species
{|
|- valign=top
|
*''[[Adenanthos acanthophyllus]]''
*''[[Adenanthos apiculatus]]''
*''[[Adenanthos argyreus]]''
*''[[Adenanthos barbiger]]''
*''[[Adenanthos cacomorphus]]''
*''[[Adenanthos cuneatus]]''
*''[[Adenanthos cygnorum]]''
*''[[Adenanthos detmoldii]]''
*''[[Adenanthos dobagii]]''
*''[[Adenanthos dobsonii]]''
*''[[Adenanthos drummondii]]''
|
*''[[Adenanthos ellipticus]]''
*''[[Adenanthos eyrei]]''
*''[[Adenanthos filifolius]]''
*''[[Adenanthos flavidiflorus]]''
*''[[Adenanthos forrestii]]''
*''[[Adenanthos glabrescens]]''
*''[[Adenanthos gracilipes]]''
*''[[Adenanthos ileticos]]''
*''[[Adenanthos labillardierei]]''
*''[[Adenanthos linearis]]''
|
*''[[Adenanthos macropodianus]]''
*''[[Adenanthos meisneri]]''
*''[[Adenanthos obovatus]]''
*''[[Adenanthos oreophilus]]''
*''[[Adenanthos pungens]]''
*''[[Adenanthos sericeus]]''
*''[[Adenanthos stictus]]''
*''[[Adenanthos terminalis]]''
*''[[Adenanthos velutinus]]''
*''[[Adenanthos venosus]]''
|}
==External links==
* {{Flora of Australia Online|name=Adenanthos|id=2349}}
* {{FloraBase | name = Adenanthos | id = 22379}}
* {{cite book|author=Powell, Robert | title=Leaf and Branch: Trees and Tall Shrubs of Perth| publisher=Department of Conservation and Land Management|location=Perth, Western Australia | year=[[1990]] | id=ISBN 0-7309-3916-2}}
{{wikispecies|Adenanthos}}
[[Category:Proteaceae]]
[[Category:Proteales of Australia]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Adenanthos''
| image = Adenanthos detmoldii Cranbourne email.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Adenanthos detmoldii''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Proteales]]
| familia = [[Proteaceae]]
| genus = '''''Adenanthos'''''
| genus_authority = [[Jacques Labillardière|Labill.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}
'''''Adenanthos''''' is a [[genus]] of [[shrub]]s and small [[tree]]s in the family [[Proteaceae]]. There are 33 species in the genus, 31 of which are [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to southwestern [[Western Australia]].
''Adenanthos'' species vary in form from prostrate shrubs to trees up to three metres tall. They are evergreen, with small, often hairy, leaves. The leaves have nectar glands, usually at the tip but in some species all over the leaf surface. These attract [[ant]]s, which play a role in distribution of ''Adenanthos'' seeds. Unusually for members of the Proteaceae family, ''Adenanthos'' do not have large showy flowers; the flowers are small, dull, and often hidden within the foliage.
The common name for the genus is '''stick-in-jug''', but this name is not often heard. A number of the better known species bear the common name [[woollybush]], and this has become the common name most often associated with the genus. The genus name comes from the [[Greek language|Greek]] ''aden'', (''gland'') and ''anthos'' (''flower''), and refers to the [[gland]]s at the base of the [[ovary (plants)|ovary]].
Adenanthos species are widely distributed throughout the southwest corner of Western Australia, near the coast from [[Geraldton, Western Australia|Geraldton]] to [[Esperance, Western Australia|Esperance]], and inland to [[Kalgoorlie, Western Australia|Kalgoorlie]]. The two species that occur outside this region are ''[[Adenanthos terminalis]]'', which extends along the south coast through [[South Australia]] and into western [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]; and ''[[Adenanthos macropodianus]]'', which is endemic to [[Kangaroo Island]].
;Species
{|
|- valign=top
|
*''[[Adenanthos acanthophyllus]]''
*''[[Adenanthos apiculatus]]''
*''[[Adenanthos argyreus]]''
*''[[Adenanthos barbiger]]''
*''[[Adenanthos cacomorphus]]''
*''[[Adenanthos cuneatus]]''
*''[[Adenanthos cygnorum]]''
*''[[Adenanthos detmoldii]]''
*''[[Adenanthos dobagii]]''
*''[[Adenanthos dobsonii]]''
*''[[Adenanthos drummondii]]''
|
*''[[Adenanthos ellipticus]]''
*''[[Adenanthos eyrei]]''
*''[[Adenanthos filifolius]]''
*''[[Adenanthos flavidiflorus]]''
*''[[Adenanthos forrestii]]''
*''[[Adenanthos glabrescens]]''
*''[[Adenanthos gracilipes]]''
*''[[Adenanthos ileticos]]''
*''[[Adenanthos labillardierei]]''
*''[[Adenanthos linearis]]''
|
*''[[Adenanthos macropodianus]]''
*''[[Adenanthos meisneri]]''
*''[[Adenanthos obovatus]]''
*''[[Adenanthos oreophilus]]''
*''[[Adenanthos pungens]]''
*''[[Adenanthos sericeus]]''
*''[[Adenanthos stictus]]''
*''[[Adenanthos terminalis]]''
*''[[Adenanthos velutinus]]''
*''[[Adenanthos venosus]]''
|}
==External links==
* {{Flora of Australia Online|name=Adenanthos|id=2349}}
* {{FloraBase | name = Adenanthos | id = 22379}}
* {{cite book|author=Powell, Robert | title=Leaf and Branch: Trees and Tall Shrubs of Perth| publisher=Department of Conservation and Land Management|location=Perth, Western Australia | year=[[1990]] | id=ISBN 0-7309-3916-2}}
{{wikispecies|Adenanthos}}
[[Category:Proteaceae]]
[[Category:Proteales of Australia]]