What is Richea?
{{italic title}} {{Taxobox | name = ''Richea'' | status = | image = Richea pandanifolia fragment.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = ''[[Richea pandanifolia]]'' | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Ericales]] | familia = [[Ericaceae]] | genus = '''''Richea''''' | genus_authority = [[R.Br.]] }} '''''Richea''''' is a [[genus]] of [[shrub]]s or [[tree]]s in the family [[Ericaceae]]. The number of [[species]] is 10—12. The genus is very close with genus ''[[Dracophyllum]]''. Richea grows in [[island]] [[Tasmania]] and also in [[Australia]]; many species grows in [[mountain]]s. [[File:Richea Dracophylla.jpg|thumb|left|240px|''[[Richea dracophylla]]'': flowers]] It is [[evergreen]] [[plant]]s with the long [[leaf|leaves]]. [[Flower]]s are small; its [[color]] is [[white]], [[yellow]], [[pink]] or [[red]]. The genus was named in [[honour]] of [[Claude Antoine Gaspard Riche]] (1762—1797), [[France|French]] [[botanist]].<ref>[http://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/riche-claude.html Australian National Herbarium: Riche, Claude Antoine Gaspar (1762 - 1797)]</ref> {{anchor|pandanifolia}}The most well-known species is ''Richea pandanifolia''. Its height may be 15 m. The common [[English language|English]] name of this plant is ''the [[giant]] [[grass]] [[tree]]''. Richea may be an interest plant for [[garden]]s. {{clear|left}} == References == <references/> == Other websites == {{CommonsCompact|Category:Richea}} {{WSp}} * [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?10472 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Richea''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013033741/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?10472 |date=2008-10-13 }} * [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=55240 NCBI: ''Richea''] * [http://www.apstas.com/sgaptas-richeas.htm The unique flora of Tasmania: ''Richea''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090707224612/http://www.apstas.com/sgaptas-richeas.h