Argentipallium
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Argentipallium is a genus
of flowering plant
s in the family Asteraceae
. The genus, which is endemic to Australia
, was first formally described in 1992 by Paul G. Wilson in the botanical journal Nutsyia
.
There are 6 species as follows:
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...
. The genus, which is 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...
, was first formally described in 1992 by Paul G. Wilson in the botanical journal Nutsyia
Nuytsia (journal)
Nuytsia is a peer-reviewed journal published by the Western Australian Herbarium. It publishes papers on systematic botany, giving preference to papers related to the flora of Western Australia. Nearly twenty percent of Western Australia's plant taxa have been published in Nuytsia. First published...
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There are 6 species as follows:
- Argentipallium blandowskianum (Steetz ex Sonder) Paul G.Wilson
- Argentipallium dealbatum (Labill.) Paul G.Wilson
- Argentipallium niveum (Steetz) Paul G.Wilson
- Argentipallium obtusifolium (Sonder) Paul G.Wilson
- Argentipallium spiceri (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
- Argentipallium tephrodes (Turcz.) Paul G.Wilson