Celmisia
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Celmisia is a genus
of perennial herbs or subshrubs, in the family Asteraceae
. There are around 70 species; most are endemic to New Zealand
, between four and 10 are endemic to Australia
. The genus was first formally described by botanist Alexandre de Cassini
in 1813.
Species include:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of perennial herbs or subshrubs, in the family Asteraceae
Asteraceae
The Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...
. There are around 70 species; most are endemic to New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, between four and 10 are endemic to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. The genus was first formally described by botanist Alexandre de Cassini
Alexandre de Cassini
Count Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini was a French botanist and naturalist, who specialised in the sunflower family ....
in 1813.
Species include:
- Celmisia asteliifolia Hook.f.
- Celmisia costiniana M.Gray & Given
- Celmisia gracilenta Hook.f.
- Celmisia incana Hook.f.
- Celmisia latifolia (F.Muell. ex Benth.) M.Gray & Given
- Celmisia longifolia Cass.
- Celmisia pugioniformis M.Gray & Given
- Celmisia saxifraga (Benth.) W.M.Curtis
- Celmisia sericophylla J.H.Willis
- Celmisia spectabilisCelmisia spectabilisCelmisia spectabilis is a species of tree marguerite in the family Asteraceae. It is a species found wild in New Zealand....
Hook.f. - Celmisia tomentellaCelmisia tomentellaCelmisia tomentella is a species of perennial herb in the family Asteraceae. Leaves are 5 to 30 cm long and 5 to 15 mm wide, with a dark green or grey green upper surface. The daisy-like flowerheads, which are 6 to 8 cm in diameter, appear between December and February in the species native range...
M.Gray & Given - Celmisia traversii Hook.f.
- Celmisia walkeriCelmisia walkeriCelmisia walkeri, also known as Celmisia webbiana is a sub-shrub in the genus Celmisia with spreading, semi- decumbent, woody stems and terminal rosettes of linear-oblong gray-green leaves. These leaves are about long. In early summer, white-rayed flowerheads, up to wide with yellowish white disk...