Brachyglottis

Taxobox

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image_caption = Brachyglottis Dunedin hybrid 'Sunshine'
image_width = 240px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
tribus = Senecioneae
genus = "Brachyglottis"
genus_authority = J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.
synonyms ="Urostemon" B. Nord.cite web
url = http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?1656
title = Genus: "Brachyglottis" J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.
accessdate = 2008-04-10
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 ]

"Brachyglottis" is a genus of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family; a genus which has existed since November 29, 1775cite web
url = http://botany.si.edu/ing/INGsearch.cfm?searchword=Brachyglottis
title = Index Nominum Genericorum database
accessdate = 2008-04-10
date = 1996-02-09
format = HTML
work = ING Database - Smithsonian Institution] cite web
url = http://www.bgbm.org/scripts/asp/IAPT/ncugentry.asp?name=Brachyglottis
title = Entry for "Brachyglottis" J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.
accessdate = 2008-04-10
author = Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem
authorlink = Botanical Garden in Berlin
date = 1997-09-24
format = HTML
work = NCU-3e. Names in current use for extant plant genera
publisher = Freie Universität Berlin ] when Johann Reinhold Forster & Georg Forster created the genus with this name from the Greek words "brachus" meaning shortcite web
url = http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2320886
title = bra^chus , eia (Ion. ea Hdt.5.49), u, dat. pl.
accessdate = 2008-04-10
author = Henry George Liddell
last = Liddell
first = Henry George
authorlink = Henry Liddell
coauthors = Robert Scott
format = HTML
work = A Greek-English Lexicon
publisher = Tufts University ] and "glottis" meaning "the vocal apparatus of the larynx"cite web
url = http://wordnet.princeton.edu/
title = a lexical database for the English language
accessdate = 2008-02-24
author = WordNet
authorlink = WordNet
format = HTML
publisher = Cognitive Science Laboratory of Princeton University] or "tongue"cite web
url = http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2322457
title = glôtt-ikos , ê, on,
accessdate = 2008-04-10
author = Henry George Liddell
last = Liddell
first = Henry George
authorlink = Henry Liddell
coauthors = Robert Scott
format = HTML
work = A Greek-English Lexicon
publisher = Tufts University ] referring to the size of the ray florets.cite book
last = Coombes
first = Allen J.
title = Dictionary of Plant Names
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=XSuKWCwa3EoC&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0
format = HTML
accessdate = 2008-04-10
date = 1985
publisher = Timber Press
isbn = 0881922943
pages = 207 pages
chapter = Section 1
chapterurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=XSuKWCwa3EoC&pg=PA26&lpg=PA26&source=web&ots=qUtAsiVB6o&sig=_yhDpf3BOBChQbVFUhp-eIQ0jkI&hl=en ]

It includes the following species, many that have been reclassified from the genus Senecio in 1977 and 1978:cite web
url = http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?1656
title = GRIN Species Records of "Brachyglottis"
accessdate = 2008-04-10
author = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)
authorlink = Germplasm Resources Information Network
format = HTML
work = Taxonomy for Plants
publisher = USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland ] cite journal
last = Edgar
first = E.
authorlink = Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
coauthors = H. E. Connor
title = Nomina Nova III, 1977-1982
journal = New Zealand Journal of Botany
volume = 21
pages = 421-441
date = 1983
url = http://www.nzjf.org/free_issues/NZJF31_3_1986/8B94A164-BF7A-4A5B-A45B-3ACE982D0C7C.pdf
id = 0028-825X/83/2104-0421
accessdate = 2008-04-10
format = PDF]
* "Brachyglottis arborescens" -- Three Kings Rangiora
* "Brachyglottis compacta" (Kirk) B. Nord. -- Wairarapa groundsel or the piecrust plant
** "Senecio compactus" Kirk
* "Brachyglottis elaeagnifolia" (Hook. f.) B. Nord.
**"Senecio elaeagnifolius" Hook. f.
* "Brachyglottis greyi" (Hook. f.) B. Nord.
** "Senecio greyi" Hook. f.
* "Brachyglottis huntii" (F. Muell.) B. Nord.
** "Senecio huntii" F. Muell.
* "Brachyglottis laxifolia" (Buchanan) B. Nord.
**"Senecio laxifolius" Buchanan
* "Brachyglottis monroi" (Hook. f.) B. Nord.
**"Senecio monroi" Hook. f.
* "Brachyglottis pentacopa"
* "Brachyglottis perdicioides" (Hook. f.) B. Nord.
**"Senecio perdicioides" Hook. f.
* "Brachyglottis repanda" J. R. Forst. & G. Forst. -- Rangiora
**"Brachyglottis rangiora" Buchanan
* "Brachyglottis saxifragoides" (Hook. f.) B. Nord.
**"Senecio saxifragoides" Hook. f.

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