Kippistia

Kippistia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Astereae[1]
Genus:	Kippistia F.Muell. 1858 not Miers 1872 (Celastraceae)[2]
Binomial name
Kippistia suaedifolia F.Muell.
Synonyms[1]
Minuria suaedifolia (F.Muell.) Bailey Theropogon suaedifolia (F.Muell.) Kuntze

Kippistia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.^[3][4]

The name commemorates Richard Kippist, librarian to the Linnean Society.^[5]

Species

There is only one known species, Kippistia suaedifolia, native to Australia. It is found in every state and territory in the country except Tasmania.^[1][6][7]

species in homonymic genus

In 1872, John Miers used the name Kippistia to describe some South American plants in the Celastraceae, even though he was aware that von Mueller had already applied the name to some very different Australian plants.^[8] Therefore, Miers' names needed to be changed:

• Kippistia cognata Miers - Cheiloclinium cognatum (Miers) A.C.Sm.
• Kippistia diffusiflora Miers - Cheiloclinium diffusiflorum (Miers) A.C.Sm.
• Kippistia organensis Miers - Cheiloclinium serratum (Cambess.) A.C.Sm.
• Kippistia serrata (Cambess.) Miers - Cheiloclinium serratum (Cambess.) A.C.Sm.

References

1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
2. Tropicos search for Kippistia
3. Mueller, Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von. 1858. Report on the Plants collected during Mr. Babbage's Expedition 12
4. Tropicos, Kippistia F. Muell.
5. "Kippist, Richard (1812 - 1882)". Collectors & Illustrators. Australian National Herbarium.
6. Atlas of Living Australia
7. The Plant List Kippistia suaedifolia F.Muell
8. Miers, John. 1872. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 28: 416- 419 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English