Which genus of plants is endemic to Australia, Retama or Baeckea?
Retama Retama is a genus of flowering bushes in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the broom tribe, Genisteae. "Retama" broom bushes are found natively in North Africa, the Levant and some parts of southern Europe. "Retama raetam" and "Retama monosperma" have white flowers, while "Retama sphaerocarpa" has yellow flowers. It remains an open question in taxonomy whether the members of the "Retama" genus should be incorporated into the genus "Genista" (see Genisteae). The name traces itself to the Hebrew "רותם (Pronounced Rotem)"
Darwinia terricola Darwinia terricola, commonly known as the Blackwood bell, is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area in the south-west of Western Australia. It is a small, low, sometimes prostrate shrub with small, linear leaves and small groups of flowers surrounded by reddish-green bracts and which usually lie on the ground.