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Xerochrysum

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Xerochrysum

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Xerochrysum (syn. Bracteantha) is a genus of flowering plants native to Australia. It was described by Russian botanist Nikolai Tzvelev in 1990, preceding (and taking precedence over) Bracteantha which was described the following year.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderAsterales
  5. FamilyAsteraceae
Native toNew South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Observations recorded27,905

Xerochrysum o Bracteantha es un género de plantas con flores de la familia de las asteráceas. Comprende 8 especies descritas y aceptadas.​​ Son nativas del sur y este de Australia.​ El género estaba incluido anteriormente en Helichrysum.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
60
With media
9
Family
Asteraceae
Collections
MEL, A, RSA, MEM
Recorded in
Australia, Papua New Guinea, United States

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Xerochrysum (syn. Bracteantha) is a genus of flowering plants native to Australia. It was described by Russian botanist Nikolai Tzvelev in 1990, preceding (and taking precedence over) Bracteantha which was described the following year.

==Species== This genus and its species names were formerly included in Bracteantha and before that in Helichrysum.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Xerochrysum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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