Cassinia

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Cassinia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Cassinia
R.Br.

Cassinia is a large genus of plants in the family Asteraceae, most or all of which are native to the Southern Hemisphere. It was named for French botanist Alexandre de Cassini.

Species include:

  • Cassinia accipitrum Orchard
  • Cassinia aculeata (Labill.) R.Br. (Common Cassinia, Dolly Bush)
  • Cassinia arcuata R.Br. (Chinese Scrub, Drooping Cassinia, Sifton Bush)
  • Cassinia aureonitens N.A.Wakef. (Yellow Cassinia)
  • Cassinia collina C.T.White
  • Cassinia compacta F.Muell.
  • Cassinia complanata J.M.Black
  • Cassinia copensis Orchard
  • Cassinia cuneifolia A.Cunn. ex DC.
  • Cassinia cunninghamii DC.
  • Cassinia decipiens Orchard
  • Cassinia denticulata R.Br. (Stiff Cassinia)
  • Cassinia diminuta Orchard
  • Cassinia furtiva Orchard
  • Cassinia heleniae Orchard
  • Cassinia hewsoniae Orchard
  • Cassinia laevis R.Br. (Cough Bush, Dead Finish)
  • Cassinia lepschii Orchard
  • Cassinia leptocephala F.Muell.
  • Cassinia longifolia R.Br.
  • Cassinia macrocephala Orchard
  • Cassinia maritima Orchard
  • Cassinia monticola Orchard
  • Cassinia nivalis Orchard
  • Cassinia ochracea Orchard
  • Cassinia ozothamnoides (F.Muell.) Orchard
  • Cassinia quinquefaria R.Br.
  • Cassinia rugata N.G.Walsh
  • Cassinia scabrida Orchard
  • Cassinia straminea (Benth.) Orchard
  • Cassinia subtropica F.Muell.
  • Cassinia tegulata Orchard
  • Cassinia telfordii Orchard
  • Cassinia tenuifolia Benth. (Bully Bush, Killmoke)
  • Cassinia theodori F.Muell.
  • Cassinia theresae Orchard
  • Cassinia trinerva N.A.Wakef.
  • Cassinia uncata A.Cunn. (Sticky Cassinia)
  • Cassinia venusta Orchard
  • Cassinia wyberbensis Orchard

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