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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Lagunaria patersonia''
| image = Lagunaria patersonia-fruit foliage-CROPPED.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = Leaves and fruit
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Malvales]]
| familia = [[Malvaceae]]
| genus = '''''Lagunaria'''''
| genus_authority = ([[A. P. de Candolle|DC.]]) [[Rchb.]]
| species = '''''L. patersonia'''''
| binomial = ''Lagunaria patersonia''
| binomial_authority = ([[Henry Charles Andrews|Andrews]]) [[G.Don.]]
}}
'''''Lagunaria''''' is a [[monotypic]] [[genus]] in the family [[Malvaceae]]. It is an Australian plant [[endemism|endemic]] to [[Lord Howe Island]], [[Norfolk Island]] and parts of coastal [[Queensland]]. It has been introduced to many parts of the world. The genus was named in honour of [[Andrés Laguna]], a Spanish botanist and a physician to [[Pope Julius III]].
It now consists of the single species '''''Lagunaria patersonia''''', commonly known as the '''Pyramid Tree''' or '''Norfolk Island Hibiscus'''. It is howevever not a true ''[[Hibiscus]]'', but does belong to the same plant family, [[Malvaceae]]. Its seed capsules are filled with irritating hairs giving rise to an another common name "Cow Itch Tree". The "cow" part however appears to be a [[misnomer]].
==References==
* [http://www.malvaceae.info/Genera/Lagunaria/Lagunaria.html Malvaceae Info: The ''Lagunaria'' Page]
* [http://www.malvaceae.info/Genera/Lagunaria/gallery.html Photographs from Malvaceae Info]
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Lagunaria patersonii, fruit.jpg|Fruit of the Pyramid Tree
Image:Lagunaria patersonii, flower.jpg|Flower of the Pyramid Tree
</gallery>
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Lagunaria patersonia''
| image = Lagunaria patersonia-fruit foliage-CROPPED.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = Leaves and fruit
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Malvales]]
| familia = [[Malvaceae]]
| genus = '''''Lagunaria'''''
| genus_authority = ([[A. P. de Candolle|DC.]]) [[Rchb.]]
| species = '''''L. patersonia'''''
| binomial = ''Lagunaria patersonia''
| binomial_authority = ([[Henry Charles Andrews|Andrews]]) [[G.Don.]]
}}
'''''Lagunaria''''' is a [[monotypic]] [[genus]] in the family [[Malvaceae]]. It is an Australian plant [[endemism|endemic]] to [[Lord Howe Island]], [[Norfolk Island]] and parts of coastal [[Queensland]]. It has been introduced to many parts of the world. The genus was named in honour of [[Andrés Laguna]], a Spanish botanist and a physician to [[Pope Julius III]].
It now consists of the single species '''''Lagunaria patersonia''''', commonly known as the '''Pyramid Tree''' or '''Norfolk Island Hibiscus'''. It is howevever not a true ''[[Hibiscus]]'', but does belong to the same plant family, [[Malvaceae]]. Its seed capsules are filled with irritating hairs giving rise to an another common name "Cow Itch Tree". The "cow" part however appears to be a [[misnomer]].
==References==
* [http://www.malvaceae.info/Genera/Lagunaria/Lagunaria.html Malvaceae Info: The ''Lagunaria'' Page]
* [http://www.malvaceae.info/Genera/Lagunaria/gallery.html Photographs from Malvaceae Info]
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Lagunaria patersonii, fruit.jpg|Fruit of the Pyramid Tree
Image:Lagunaria patersonii, flower.jpg|Flower of the Pyramid Tree
</gallery>
