Pleurophyllum

Pleurophyllum
Pleurophyllum speciosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Astereae[1]
Genus: Pleurophyllum
Hook. f.[2]
Synonyms[1]
  • Albinea Hombr. & Jacquinot ex Decne.
  • Pachythrix Hook.f. 1844, name published as synonym

Pleurophyllum is a genus of subantarctic plants in the aster tribe within the Asteraceae.[3]

Pleurophyllum is native to the subantarctic islands of New Zealand (the Auckland Islands, Campbell Island and the Antipodes Islands) and Australia (Macquarie Island).

Species[1]
  1. Pleurophyllum criniferum Hook.f., = P. oresigenesum, Albinia oresigenesum
  2. Pleurophyllum hookeri Buch.
  3. Pleurophyllum speciosum Hook.f.
Pleurophyllum sp. flowers on Campbell Island, with yellow-orange flowers of Bulbinella rossii behind

References

  1. 1 2 3 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ↑ "Genus: Pleurophyllum Hook. f.". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  3. ↑ Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1844. Botany of the Antarctic Voyage ...Volume 1. Flora Antarctica page 30.
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