Abrotanella

Abrotanella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Senecioneae
Genus: Abrotanella
Cass.
Diversity
20 species

Abrotanella is a genus in the family Asteraceae, of about 20 species, native to New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand and temperate 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

  • Abrotanella caespitosa Petrie ex Kirk
  • Abrotanella crassipes Skottsb.
  • Abrotanella diemii Cabrera
  • Abrotanella emarginata (Gaudich.) Cass.
  • Abrotanella fertilis Swenson
  • Abrotanella filiformis Petrie
  • Abrotanella forsteroides Benth.
  • Abrotanella inconspicua Hook.f.
  • Abrotanella linearifolia A.Gray
  • Abrotanella linearis Bergg.
  • Abrotanella papuana S.Moore
  • Abrotanella purpurea Swenson
  • Abrotanella pusilla Hook.f.
  • Abrotanella rostrata
  • Abrotanella rosulata Hook.f.
  • Abrotanella scapigera Benth.
  • Abrotanella spathulata Hook.f.
  • Abrotanella submarginata A.Gray
  • Abrotanella trichoachaenia Cabrera
  • Abrotanella trilobata Swenson

Rhamphogyne rhynchocarpa was formerly placed here.

References

Data related to Abrotanella at Wikispecies