Hyalosperma
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Hyalosperma is a genus
of flowering plant
s in the family Asteraceae
, endemic to Australia
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The species, which occur in all states except the Northern Territory, 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 flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s 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...
, 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...
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The species, which occur in all states except the Northern Territory, include:
- Hyalosperma demissum (A.Gray) Paul G.Wilson - Moss Sunray
- Hyalosperma glutinosum Steetz - Golden Sunray
- Hyalosperma praecox (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson - Mayweed Sunray
- Hyalosperma pusillum (Turcz.) Paul G.Wilson
- Hyalosperma semisterile (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson - Orange Sunray
- Hyalosperma simplex (Steetz) Paul G.Wilson
- Hyalosperma stoveae (D.A.Cooke) Paul G.Wilson - Dwarf Sunray
- Hyalosperma zacchaeus (S.Moore) Paul G.Wilson