Millotia
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Millotia is a genus
of small annual herbs in the family Asteraceae
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There are 10 recognised species, all of which are endemic to Australia
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The genus name honours French historian Claude-François-Xavier Millot
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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 small annual herbs 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...
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There are 10 recognised species, all of which are 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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- Millotia greevesii F.Muell. - Creeping Millotia
- Millotia incurva (D.A.Cooke) P.S.Short
- Millotia inopinata Schodde - Curved-beak Millotia
- Millotia macrocarpa Schodde - Large-fruited Millotia
- Millotia major (Turcz.) P.S.Short
- Millotia muelleri (Sond.) P.S.Short - Common Bow-flower
- Millotia myosotidifolia (Benth.) Steetz - Broad-leaved Millotia
- Millotia perpusilla (Turcz.) P.S.Short - Tiny Bow-flower
- Millotia steeziana P.S.Short
- Millotia tenuifolia Cass. - Soft Millotia
The genus name honours French historian Claude-François-Xavier Millot
Claude-François-Xavier Millot
Claude-François-Xavier Millot was a French churchman and historian.-Life:Whilst still young Millot entered the Jesuit order, teaching in many of their collèges, such as that at Lyon where he taught rhetoric. Expelled for praising Montesquieu, he left the Jesuits...
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