Conospermum
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Conospermum is a genus of 53 species in the family Proteaceae
endemic to Australia. They are fairly widespread over the continent. They aren't particularly well-known to horticulture
but some of the New South Wales
species are known as smoke bushes.
Proteaceae
Proteaceae is a family of flowering plants distributed in the Southern Hemisphere. The family comprises about 80 genera with about 1600 species. Together with the Platanaceae and Nelumbonaceae they make up the order Proteales. Well known genera include Protea, Banksia, Embothrium, Grevillea,...
endemic to Australia. They are fairly widespread over the continent. They aren't particularly well-known to horticulture
Horticulture
Horticulture is the industry and science of plant cultivation including the process of preparing soil for the planting of seeds, tubers, or cuttings. Horticulturists work and conduct research in the disciplines of plant propagation and cultivation, crop production, plant breeding and genetic...
but some of the New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
species are known as smoke bushes.
List of species
- C. acerosumConospermum acerosumConospermum acerosum, commonly known as Needle-leaved Smokebush, is a shrub endemic to Western Australia-Description:It grows as a spindly shrub, either erect or sprawling, from 0.3 to 1.7 metres high...
- C. amoenum
- C. boreale
- C. brachyphyllum
- C. bracteosum
- C. brownii
- C. burgessiorum
- C. caeruleum
- C. canaliculatum
- C. capitatum
- C. cinearum
- C. coerulescens
- C. crassinervium
- C. croniniae
- C. densiflorum
- C. distichum
- C. eatoniae
- C. ellipticum
- C. ephedroides
- C. ericifoliumConospermum ericifoliumConospermum ericifolium is a slender shrub of the Proteaceae family native to eastern Australia. The habitat is drier eucalyptus woodlands or heathland. The specific epithet ericifolium refers to the similarity of the leaves to the European Heath....
- C. filifolium
- C. flexuosum
- C. floribundum
- C. galeatum
- C. glumaceumConospermum glumaceumConospermum glumaceum, commonly known as Hooded Smokebush, is a shrub endemic to Western Australia.-Description:Conospermum glumaceum grows as an erect shrub without a lignotuber, from 0.5 to 1.7 metres high...
- C. hookeri
- C. huegelii
- C. incurvumConospermum incurvumConospermum incurvum, commonly known as Plume Smokebush, is a shrub endemic to Western Australia.-Description:It grows as a prostrate little-branched shrub, the stems densely covered in slender, pointed leaves from seven to 30 millimetres long, and 0.5 to 0.8 millimetres wide. Although prostrate,...
- C. leianthum
- C. longifoliumConospermum longifoliumConospermum longifolium is a shrub of the Proteaceae family native to eastern Australia. Found between Ulladulla, Newcastle, New South Wales and the adjacent ranges. The habitat is drier eucalyptus woodlands or heathland.Three sub-species are recognised:...
- C. microflorum
- C. mitchellii
- C. multispicatum
- C. nervosum
- C. paniculatum
- C. patens
- C. petiolare
- C. polycephalum
- C. quadripetalum
- C. scaposum
- C. sigmoideum
- C. spectabile
- C. sphacelatum
- C. stoechadisConospermum stoechadisConospermum stoechadis, commonly known as Common Smokebush, is a shrub endemic to Western Australia.-Description:It grows as an erect, multi-stemmed shrub, with a lignotuber, from 0.3 to two metres high...
- C. taxifoliumConospermum taxifoliumConospermum taxifolium is a shrub of the Proteaceae family native to eastern Australia, first described by Gaertner in 1807....
- C. tenuifolium
- C. teretifolium
- C. toddii
- C. triplinervium
- C. undulatum
- C. unilaterale
- C. wycherleyi