Olearia

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Olearia
Olearia stuartii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Asterales Family: Asteraceae Tribe: Astereae Genus: Olearia Moench
Species
See text.

Olearia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. There are about 130 different species within the genus found mostly in Australia, New Guinea and New Zealand. The genus includes herbaceous plants, shrubs and small trees, the latter unusual among the Asteraceae.

Olearia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Aenetus ligniveren, which burrows into the trunk.

Selected species

Olearia albida – Tanguru Olearia algida Olearia allomii Olearia angulata Olearia angustifolia Olearia arborescens – Common tree daisy Olearia argophylla Olearia asterotricha Olearia avicennifolia – Akeake Olearia axillaris Olearia buchananii Olearia capillaris Olearia chathamica Olearia cheesmanii – Streamside tree daisy Olearia ciliata Olearia colensoi Olearia coriacea Olearia ericoides Olearia erubescens Olearia floribunda Olearia fragrantissima Olearia frostii Olearia furfuracea Olearia glandulosa Olearia hectori Olearia hookeri Olearia ilicifolia – Hakeke Olearia insignis Olearia iodochroa Olearia lacunosa Olearia ledifolia Olearia lepidophylla

Olearia lirata Olearia lyallii Olearia macrodonta Olearia megalophylla Olearia moschata Olearia myrsinoides Olearia nernstii Olearia nummulariifolia Olearia obcordata Olearia odorata Olearia oporina Olearia pachyphylla Olearia paniculata Olearia pannosa Olearia persoonioides Olearia phlogopappa Olearia pinifolia Olearia polita Olearia ramulosa Olearia rani – Heketara Olearia rotundifolia Olearia semidentata Olearia solandri Olearia speciosa Olearia stuartii Olearia tasmanica Olearia teretifolia Olearia tomentosa Olearia traversii – Akeake Olearia virgata Olearia viscosa

[edit] References

• Olearia Moench. Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
• PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online: Olearia