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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Kunzea''
| image = Leptospermum phylicoides 3.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = ''Kunzea ericoides''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Myrtales]]
| familia = [[Myrtaceae]]
| genus = '''''Kunzea'''''
| genus_authority = [[George Bentham|Benth.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
See text.
}}

'''''Kunzea''''' is a genus of 36-40 species of [[shrub]] in the myrtle family [[Myrtaceae]]. They are endemic to [[Australia]] with one species extending to [[New Zealand]]. They are found throughout the Australian continent with most species occurring in southwestern [[Western Australia]]. In appearance they resemble the closely-related ''[[Callistemon]]'' genus, but differ in the arrangement of the [[stamen]]s.

Several species of ''Kunzea'' are [[Invasive Plants|weeds]] in the [[fynbos]] regions of southern [[South Africa]]

===Species===
Include
* ''[[Kunzea ambigua]]''
* ''[[Kunzea baxteri]]''
* ''[[Kunzea bracteolata]]''
* ''[[Kunzea cambagei]]''
* ''[[Kunzea capitata]]''
* ''[[Kanuka|Kunzea ericoides]]''
* ''[[Kunzea flavescens]]''
* ''[[Kunzea muelleri]]''
* ''[[Kunzea obovata]]''
* ''[[Kunzea opposita]]''
* ''[[Kunzea parviflora]]''
* ''[[Kunzea parvifolia]]''
* ''[[Kunzea parvifolium]]''
* ''[[Kunzea pomifera]]''
* ''[[Kunzea pulchella]]''

==External links==
*[http://farrer.riv.csu.edu.au/ASGAP/k-bax.html Photograph and description of the genus]

[[Category:Myrtales of Australia]]
[[Category:Myrtaceae]]

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