Polycalymma

poached egg daisy
Polycalymma stuartii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Gnaphalieae[1]
Genus: Polycalymma
F.Muell. & Sonder
Binomial name
Polycalymma stuartii
F.Muell. & Sonder
Synonyms[1]

Myriocephalus stuartii (F.Muell. & Sond. ex F.Muell. & Sond.) Benth.

Polycalymma stuartii, Poached Egg Daisy (or Myriocephalus stuartii), is an Australian daisy found abundantly on sand plains and dunefields.[2] Its common name is derived from the poached egg-like appearance of its white flower and yellow centre. It is the only known species of the genus Polycalymma; a member of the pussy's-toes tribe within the daisy family.[3][4][5] [6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ↑ "Plants at the AALBG: Poached egg daisy, (Polycalymma stuartii)". Friends of the Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden. 2012.
  3. ↑ Mueller, Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von & Sonder, Otto Wilhelm. 1853. Linnaea 25: 494 in Latin
  4. ↑ "Tropicos | Name - Polycalymma F. v. Mueller & Sonder". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  5. ↑ "IPNI Plant Name Details". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  6. ↑ "Friends of the Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden - Plants: Poached egg daisy, Polycalymma stuartii". www.australian-aridlands-botanic-garden.org. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  7. ↑ Australia, Atlas of Living. "Polycalymma | Atlas of Living Australia". bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 2018-05-16.


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