Editing Kangaroo paw (section)

{{Short description|Plant species endemic to Western Australia}}
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[[File:Kangaroo paw 260920 gnangarra 15 years-101.jpg|thumb|aspect of a ''Anigozanthos manglesii'' showing the characteristic of the plant from which its name is derived]]
[[File:Anigozanthos flavidus close-up.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Anigozanthos flavidus]]'']]
[[File:Macropidia fulginosa SMC.JPG|thumb|right|''[[Macropidia fuliginosa]]'']]
'''Kangaroo paw''' is the [[common name]] for a number of species, in two genera of the family [[Haemodoraceae]], that are native to the south-west of [[Western Australia]]. These [[Rhizome|rhizomatous]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s850734.htm|title=Fact Sheet: Kangaroo Paws|last=Churchill|first=Jennie|date=9 May 2003|website=Gardening Australia|access-date=4 June 2017}}</ref> perennial plants are noted for their unique bird-attracting flowers. The tubular flowers are coated with dense hairs and open at the apex with six claw-like structures which resemble [[kangaroo]] forelimbs, and it is from this paw-like formation that the common name "kangaroo paw" is derived.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article252541801 |title=THE KANGAROO PAW |newspaper=[[Bridgetown Advocate]] |volume=IXX |issue=1020 |location=Western Australia |date=12 July 1946 |accessdate=27 September 2020 |page=3 (MODERN WEEKLY news magazine) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

The kangaroo paw plant has been introduced into [[Japan]] and has been grown as a new ornamental crop mainly in [[Okinawa Island]] under a subtropical climate.<ref name=":0">Satou, Ichinoe, Fukumoto, Tezuka, & Horiuchi. (2001). Fusarium blight of kangaroo paw (anigozanthos spp.) caused by fusarium chlamydosporum and fusarium semitectum.''Journal of Phytopathology, 149''(3‐4), 203-206. doi:10.1046/j.1439-0434.2001.00588.x</ref>