Editing Anigozanthos (section)

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2013}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Anigozanthos.flavidus1.jpg
|image_caption = Tall kangaroo paw (''Anigozanthos flavidus'')
|taxon = Anigozanthos
|authority = [[Jacques Labillardière|Labill.]]
|type_species = ''[[Anigozanthos rufus]]'' Labill.
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = Family has about 11 species, and several subspecies are known.
}}

'''''Anigozanthos''''' is a [[genus]] of plant found naturally in the [[Southwest Australia|Southwestern Australia]] biogeographic region, belonging to the bloodwort family [[Haemodoraceae]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:19442-1 |title= ''Anigozanthos'' Labill. |date= 2022 |website= Plants of the World Online |publisher= Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date= 7 September 2022 }}</ref><ref name="Florabase">{{cite web |url=https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/21227 |title=''Anigozanthos'' Labill. |date=1998 |website=Florabase—the Western Australian Flora |publisher=Western Australian Herbarium |access-date=6 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref> The 11 species and their subspecies are commonly known as [[kangaroo paw]] or catspaw, depending on their size, and the shape and colour of their flowers. A further species, previously identified as ''Anigozanthos fuliginosus'' (black kangaroo paw), was separated to a [[monotypic]] genus as ''[[Macropidia fuliginosa]]''. All 11 species of Anigozanthos are endemic to the south west of Western Australia,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.anbg.gov.au/anigozanthos/ | title=Kangaroo Paws - Anigozanthos - Australian Plant Information }}</ref> [[Noongar]] Boodjar.

The species are recognised by their unusual flowers, numerous hybrids and cultivars have been developed for cultivation and floristry in recent years; kangaroo paws are much in demand as house plants and as cut flowers. The [[Anigozanthos manglesii|red-and-green kangaroo paw]] is the floral emblem of Western Australia.