Abrotanella

Taxobox
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
tribus = Senecioneae
genus = "Abrotanella"
genus_authority = Cass.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"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.

pecies

Note: this list includes synonyms.Source: Index Kewensis (at [http://www.ipni.org/ IPNI] )
*"Abrotanella caespitosa" Petrie ex Kirk -- New Zealand
*"Abrotanella christenseni" New Zealand.
*"Abrotanella crassipes" Juan Fernández Islands
*"Abrotanella diemii" Argentina
*"Abrotanella emarginata"(Gaudich.) Cass. -- Falkland Islands
*"Abrotanella fertilis" Swenson -- New Zealand
*"Abrotanella filiformis" Benth. -- New Zealand
*"Abrotanella forsteroides" New Zealand and Australia: Tasmania on Tasmanian bolster heaths
*"Abrotanella inconspicua" Hook.f. -- New Zealand
*"Abrotanella linearifolia" A.Gray -- Argentina and Chile: Tierra del Fuego
*"Abrotanella linearis" Bergg. -- New Zealand
*"Abrotanella moseleyi" Kirk -- Argentina
*"Abrotanella muscosa" New Zealand
*"Abrotanella nivigena" (F.Muell.) F.Muell. Australia
*"Abrotanella papuana" New Guinea
*"Abrotanella patearoa" Heads -- New Zealand
*"Abrotanella purpurea" Swenson -- Chile
*"Abrotanella pusilla" Hook.f. -- New Zealand
*"Abrotanella rhynchocarpa" ?
*"Abrotanella rostrata" Swenson -- New Zealand
*"Abrotanella rosulata" Hook.f. -- New Zealand: Campbell Islands.
*"Abrotanella scapigera"(F.Muell.) Benth. -- Australia: Tasmania.
*"Abrotanella spathulata" Hook.f. -- New Zealand: Auckland Islands.
*"Abrotanella submarginata" A.Gray -- Argentina and Chile.
*"Abrotanella trichoachaenia" Cabrera -- Chile.
*"Abrotanella trilobata" Swenson -- Argentina and Chile.

References

*Swenson U. 1995. Systematics of Abrotanella, an amphi-Pacific genus of Asteraceae (Senecioneae). "Pl. Syst. Evol." 197. (1-4): 149-193.
*Wagstaff, Steven J.; Breitwieser, Ilse & Swenson, Ulf 2006. Origin and relationships of the austral genus Abrotanella (Asteraceae) inferred from DNA sequences. "Taxon" 55(1):95-106.
*cite web
url = http://beta.uniprot.org/taxonomy/316967
title = Genus "Abrotanella"
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