Brachyglottis is a genus 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...

 in the 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...

 family; a genus which has existed since November 29, 1775

1775 in science

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when Johann Reinhold Forster

Johann Reinhold Forster

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 & Georg Forster

Georg Forster

Johann Georg Adam Forster was a German naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist, and revolutionary. At an early age, he accompanied his father on several scientific expeditions, including James Cook's second voyage to the Pacific...

 created the genus with this name from the Greek words brachus meaning short
and glottis meaning "the vocal apparatus of the larynx"
or tongue
referring to the size of the ray florets.

It includes the following species, many that have been reclassified from the genus Senecio

Senecio

Senecio is a genus of the daisy family that includes ragworts and groundsels. The flower heads are normally rayed, completely yellow, and the heads are borne in branched clusters...

 in 1977 and 1978:

• Brachyglottis arborescens
  Brachyglottis arborescens
  The Three Kings Rangiora is a species of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family.It is found only in New Zealand.-References:* de Lange, P.J. 1998. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....
  
  -- Three Kings Rangiora
• Brachyglottis compacta (Kirk) B. Nord. -- Wairarapa groundsel or the piecrust plant
  • Senecio compactus Kirk
• Brachyglottis elaeagnifolia (Hook. f.) B. Nord.
  • Senecio elaeagnifolius Hook. f.
• Brachyglottis greyi
  Brachyglottis greyi
  Brachyglottis greyi, also called Senecio greyi, with the common name daisy bushis a member of the large Asteraceae family and belongs to the genus Brachyglottisor the genus Senecio...
  
  (Hook. f.) B. Nord.
  • Senecio greyi Hook. f.
• Brachyglottis huntii
  Brachyglottis huntii
  Brachyglottis huntii is a species of the genus Brachyglottis in the Asteraceae family and used to be one of the genus Senecio. It is found only in New Zealand.-References:* de Lange, P.J. 1998. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....
  
  (F. Muell.) B. Nord.
  • Senecio huntii F. Muell.
• Brachyglottis laxifolia (Buchanan) B. Nord.
  • Senecio laxifolius Buchanan
• Brachyglottis monroi (Hook. f.) B. Nord.
  • Senecio monroi Hook. f.
• Brachyglottis pentacopa
  Brachyglottis pentacopa
  Brachyglottis pentacopa is a species of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family.It is found only in New Zealand.-References:* de Lange, P.J. 1998. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....
  
  
• Brachyglottis perdicioides
  Brachyglottis perdicioides
  Brachyglottis perdicioides is a species of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family.It is found only in New Zealand.-Source:* de Lange, P.J. 1998. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....
  
  (Hook. f.) B. Nord.
  • Senecio perdicioides Hook. f.
• Brachyglottis repanda
  Brachyglottis repanda
  Rangiora or Bushman's friend is a small, bushy tree or tall shrub endemic to New Zealand. It grows to a height of 5 to 7 metres...
  
  J. R. Forst. & G. Forst. -- Rangiora
  • Brachyglottis rangiora Buchanan
• Brachyglottis saxifragoides (Hook. f.) B. Nord.
  • Senecio saxifragoides Hook. f.
• Brachyglottis stewartiae
  Brachyglottis stewartiae
  Brachyglottis stewartiae is a species of flowering plant, often referred to as a tree daisy, in the Asteraceae family. It is found only in New Zealand, especially on its subantarctic islands. With another tree daisy, Olearia lyallii, it is common in the forest of the Snares Islands, growing to...
  
  (J.B.Armstr.) B.Nord.
  • Senecio muelleri Kirk
  • Senecio stewartiae J.B.Armstr.