Pleurophyllum

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Pleurophyllum
Pleurophyllum speciosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Astereae
Genus: Pleurophyllum
Hook. f.[1]

Pleurophyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae.[2] It contains three species and is native to the subantarctic islands of New Zealand (the Auckland Islands, Campbell Island and the Antipodes Islands) and Australia (Macquarie Island).

Species

Pleurophyllum sp. flowers on Campbell Island, with yellow-orange flowers of Bulbinella rossii behind

References

  1. "Genus: Pleurophyllum Hook. f.". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area. Retrieved 2010-02-28. 
  2. UniProt. "Tribe Astereae" (HTML). Retrieved 2009-07-18. 
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