Abrotanella

Abrotanella is a genus in the family Asteraceae, of 20 species,[1] native to Australia, New Zealand and southern South America.

Abrotanella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Senecioneae
Genus:
Abrotanella

Cass.

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. "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.

Data related to Abrotanella at Wikispecies


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