Abrotanella
| Abrotanella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Senecioneae |
| Genus: | Abrotanella Cass. |
Abrotanella is a genus in the family Asteraceae, of 20 species,[1] native to Australia, New Zealand and southern South America.
They are usually small plants, sometimes not reaching more than a few millimeters above the ground, although some form cushions in bolster heaths reaching up to a metre in diameter.
- Species[1]
- Abrotanella caespitosa Petrie ex Kirk - New Zealand
- Abrotanella diemii Cabrera - Argentina
- Abrotanella emarginata (Gaudich.) Cass. - Chile, Argentina, Falkland Islands
- Abrotanella fertilis Swenson - New Zealand
- Abrotanella forsteroides Benth. - New Zealand, Tasmania
- Abrotanella inconspicua Hook.f. - New Zealand
- Abrotanella linearifolia A.Gray - Tierra del Fuego
- Abrotanella linearis Bergg. - New Zealand
- Abrotanella muscosa Kirk - New Zealand
- Abrotanella nivigena (F.Muell.) F. Muell. ex Benth. - Australia
- Abrotanella patearoa Heads - New Zealand
- Abrotanella purpurea Swenson - Chile
- Abrotanella pusilla Hook.f. - New Zealand
- Abrotanella rostrata Swenson - New Zealand
- Abrotanella rosulata Hook.f. - Campbell Islands
- Abrotanella scapigera (F.Muell.) F. Muell. ex Benth. - Tasmania.
- Abrotanella spathulata Hook.f. - Auckland Islands
- Abrotanella submarginata A.Gray - Argentina, Chile
- Abrotanella trichoachaenia Cabrera - Argentina, Chile
- Abrotanella trilobata Swenson - Tierra del Fuego
- Synonyms
- Abrotanella crassipes Skottsb. is synonym of Abrotanella linearifolia A.Gray [1]
- Abrotanella filiformis Petrie is synonym of Abrotanella linearis Bergg. [1]
- Abrotanella papuana S.Moore is synonym of Abrotanella nivigena (F.Muell.) F. Muell. ex Benth.
- Rhamphogyne rhynchocarpa was formerly placed here with the name Abrotanella rhynchocarpa
References
- 1 2 3 4 "The Plant List". Retrieved 11 November 2012.
Bibliography
- Swenson U. 1995. Systematics of Abrotanella, an amphi-Pacific genus of Asteraceae (Senecioneae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 197. (1-4): 149-193.
- Wagstaff, Steven J.; Breitwieser, Ilse & Swenson, Ulf 2006. Origin and relationships of the austral genus Abrotanella (Asteraceae) inferred from DNA sequences. Taxon 55(1):95-106.
External links
- "Genus Abrotanella". UniProt Consortium. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
Data related to Abrotanella at Wikispecies
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