Actinotus

Taxobox

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image_caption = "Actinotus helianthi" at Henry Head Track, Botany Bay National Park
name = "Actinotus"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Apiales
familia = Mackinlayaceae
genus = "Actinotus"
genus_authority = Labill.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =See text.

"Actinotus" is a genus of flowering plants of the Mackinlayaceae family, with about 18 species. It is native to Australasia. Its best known member is the Sydney Flannel Flower, a common site in Sydney bushland in the spring. The generic name, meaning "furnished with rays" is derived from the Greek stem "aktin-"/ακτιν- "ray" or "sunbeam". [ cite book|author=Liddell & Scott|year=1980|title=Greek-English Lexicon, Abridged Edition |publisher=Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK|id=ISBN 0-19-910207-4] cite journal | author = Blombery, Alec | year = 1965 | title = The genus "Actinotus" | journal = Australian Plants | volume = 3 | issue = 22 | pages = 63–65 | publisher = ASGAP | id=ISSN 0005-0008]

Most species are endemic to Australia with one from New Zealand. Other notable species are "A. schwarzii" from the Macdonnell Ranges in Central Australia, which closely resembles "A. helianthi" in appearance, and the rare pink flowering "A. forsythii" from the Blue Mountains.

Species include:cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=ACTINOTUS|title="Actinotus" |accessdate=2008-09-14|work= Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database|publisher = Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra]

*"Actinotus bellidioides" (Hook.f.) Benth.
*"Actinotus forsythii" Maiden & Betche
*"Actinotus gibbonsii" F.Muell.
*"Actinotus glomeratus" Benth.
*"Actinotus helianthi" Labill.
*"Actinotus humilis" (F.Muell. & Tate) Domin
*"Actinotus leucocephalus" Benth.
*"Actinotus minor" (Sm.) DC.
*"Actinotus moorei" F.Muell. ex Rodway
*"Actinotus omnifertilis" (F.Muell.) Benth.
*"Actinotus paddisonii" R.T.Baker
*"Actinotus rhomboideus" (Turcz.) Benth.
*"Actinotus schwarzii" F.Muell.
*"Actinotus suffocatus" (Hook.f.) Rodway
*"Actinotus superbus" O.H.Sarg.

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