Cassinia
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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 plants 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...
, most or all of which are native to the Southern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
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. It was named for French 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 ....
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Species include:
- Cassinia accipitrum Orchard
- Cassinia aculeataCassinia aculeataCassinia aculeata is a shrub in the family Asteraceae, native to the states of South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania in Australia. It grows to between 1 and 2.5 metres high and has sticky, hair-covered leaves which are 10 to 30 mm long and 1 to 2 mm wide...
(Labill.) R.Br. (Dogwood, Common Cassinia, Dolly Bush) - Cassinia arcuataCassinia arcuataCassinia arcuata, commonly known as Drooping Cassinia, Chinese Scrub, Chinese Shrub or Sifton Bush, is a shrub species in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to southern Australia. It grows to 2 metres high and has sticky leaves which are 40 to 15 mm long and 1.5mm wide. The pale brown...
R.Br. (Chinese Scrub, Drooping Cassinia, Sifton Bush) - Cassinia aureonitens N.A.Wakef. (Yellow Cassinia)
- Cassinia collina C.T.White
- Cassinia compacta F.Muell.
- Cassinia complanata J.M.Black
- Cassinia copensis Orchard
- Cassinia cuneifolia A.Cunn. ex DC.
- Cassinia cunninghamii DC.
- Cassinia decipiens Orchard
- Cassinia denticulataCassinia denticulataCassinia denticulata, the Stiff Cassinia is a common plant growing in Sydney and the Blue Mountains. Found on sandstone based soils in heathland or woodland. The original specimen was collected at Sydney, Australia....
R.Br. (Stiff Cassinia) - Cassinia diminuta Orchard
- Cassinia furtiva Orchard
- Cassinia heleniae Orchard
- Cassinia hewsoniae Orchard
- Cassinia laevis R.Br. (Cough Bush, Dead Finish)
- Cassinia lepschii Orchard
- Cassinia leptocephala F.Muell.
- Cassinia longifolia R.Br.
- Cassinia macrocephala Orchard
- Cassinia maritima Orchard
- Cassinia monticola Orchard
- Cassinia nivalis Orchard
- Cassinia ochracea Orchard
- Cassinia ozothamnoides (F.Muell.) Orchard
- Cassinia quinquefaria R.Br.
- Cassinia rugata N.G.Walsh
- Cassinia scabrida Orchard
- Cassinia straminea (Benth.) Orchard
- Cassinia subtropica F.Muell.
- Cassinia tegulata Orchard
- Cassinia telfordii Orchard
- Cassinia tenuifolia Benth. (Bully Bush, Killmoke)
- Cassinia theodori F.Muell.
- Cassinia theresae Orchard
- Cassinia trinerva N.A.Wakef.
- Cassinia uncata A.Cunn. (Sticky Cassinia)
- Cassinia venusta Orchard
- Cassinia wyberbensis Orchard