Calomeria

Calomeria

Taxobox
name = "Calomeria"


image_caption =
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
genus = "Calomeria"
genus_authority = Vent.
species = "C. amaranthoides"
binomial = "Calomeria amaranthoides"
binomial_authority =Vent.

"Calomeria" is a plant genus with a single species "Calomeria amaranthoides" (Incense Plant) which is native to New South Wales and Victoria in Australia.cite web |url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Calomeria~amaranthoides |title="Calomeria amranthoides" Vent. |accessdate=2008-04-14 |author=|work= PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia]

Other species which were formerly included in this genus have been reassigned to other genera including "Basedowia", "Cassinia", "Helichrysum", "Humeocline" and "Thiseltonia".cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=CALOMERIA|title= "Calomeria"|accessdate=2008-04-14|work= Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database|publisher = Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra]

Description

"Calomeria amaranthoides" is a tall, fragrant biennial herb, growing to 3.5 metres in height. It has sticky stems and leaves which are green above and whitish beneath and are up to 15 cm long and 5 cm wide. Its flowers appear in large brown to red plumes in the summer (January to April in its native range).cite book|author=Costermans, L.| title=Native Trees and Shrubs of South-eastern Australia |publisher=Rigby|location=Australia | year=1981 | id=ISBN 072701403x]

Taxonomy

The genus was first formally described by E.P. Ventenat in "Jardin de la Malmaison" in 1804.

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