Abrotanella
| Abrotanella | |
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| Abrotanella forsteroides | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Senecioneae |
| Genus: | Abrotanella Cass.[1] |
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Abrotanella is a genus in the family Asteraceae, of 23 species,[3] 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[3]
- 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 (Hook.f.) 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 papuana S.Moore - New Guinea
- Abrotanella patearoa Heads - New Zealand
- Abrotanella purpurea Swenson - Chile
- Abrotanella pusilla (Hook.f.) Hook.f. - New Zealand
- Abrotanella rostrata Swenson - New Zealand
- Abrotanella rosulata (Hook.f.f) Hook.f. - Campbell Islands
- Abrotanella scapigera (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. - Tasmania
- Abrotanella spathulata (Hook.f.) 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 [3]
- Abrotanella filiformis Petrie is synonym of Abrotanella linearis Bergg. [3]
- Rhamphogyne rhynchocarpa was formerly placed here with the name Abrotanella rhynchocarpa
References[edit]
- ^ Cassini 1825, p. 27.
- ^ Hooker, Fitch & Reeve Brothers 1844, p. 25.
- ^ a b c d "The Plant List". Retrieved 11 November 2012.
Bibliography[edit]
- Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de (1825). Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'aprés l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité quén peuvent retirer la médecine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts (in French). Vol. 36 (2 ed.). Strasbourg and Paris: F.G. Levrault and Le Normant.
- Hooker, Joseph Dalton; Fitch, Walter Hood; Reeve Brothers (1844). The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839-1843 :under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross. Vol. 1. London: Reeve Brothers.
- 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[edit]
- "Genus Abrotanella". UniProt Consortium. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
Data related to Abrotanella at Wikispecies
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