Bedfordia

Taxobox
name = "Bedfordia"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
tribus = Senecioneae
genus = "Bedfordia"
genus_authority = DC.cite web
url = http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?1354
title = Genus: "Bedfordia" DC.
accessdate = 2008-04-15
author = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)
authorlink = Germplasm Resources Information Network
date = 1996-09-17
format = HTML
work = Taxonomy for Plants
publisher = USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland ]
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = see text

"Bedfordia" is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. The genus includes 3 species, all endemic to Australia.

Description

"Bedfordia" are shrubs or small trees. ;Stems and leaves: The young branches and lower surface of leaves and the whorl that surrounds the flower heads are densely covered with short matted and hairs.cite web
url = http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Bedfordia
title = Genus "Bedfordia"
accessdate = 2008-04-15
author = G. J. Harden
authorlink =Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
format = HTML
publisher = [http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au PlantNET - The Plant Information Network System of Botanic Gardens Trust] ]

:Leaves grow first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along the branches; not paired. Leaf edges are entire or with irregular rounded scallops, and have leaf stalks.;Flowers: Heads in dense axillary branched cluster which is shorter than the leaves. Flower heads have a flat circular shape; and are surrounded by a hairy bract which is at base. Tubular, bisexual florets, scarcely longer than the bract.

;Fruits and reproduction: Cylindrical, grooved and not hairy achenes. Pappus bristles are finely toothed and twice as long as achenes. "B. salicina" intergrades with "B. arborescens" (a tree) and "B. linearis" (a shrub).

;Speciescite web
url = http://www.cpbr.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?taxon_id=60027
title = "Bedfordia" DC
accessdate = 2008-04-15
author = Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
authorlink = Australian Plant Name Index
format = HTML
work = Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS)
publisher = Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)]

*"Bedfordia arborescens" (tree blanket leaf) - eastern Australia
**"Senecio bedfordii" F.Muell
*"Bedfordia linearis" (slender blanket leaf) - Tasmania
**"Cacalia linearis" Labill.
**"Culcitium lineare" (Labill.) Spreng.
**"Senecio billardierei" F.Muell.
*"Bedfordia salicina" DC. (blanket leaf) - Tasmania
**"Cacalia salicina" Labill.
**"Culcitium salicinum" (Labill.) Spreng.

References