''Abrotanella'' is a genus in the family
Asteraceae
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, of 23 species,
native to
Australia
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,
New Zealand
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and southern South America.
They are usually small plants, sometimes not reaching more than a few millimeters above the ground, although some form
cushions
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in
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s reaching up to a metre in diameter.
; Species
; Synonyms
* ''Abrotanella crassipes''
Skottsb. is synonym of ''
Abrotanella linearifolia''
A.Gray
* ''Abrotanella filiformis''
Petrie is synonym of ''
Abrotanella linearis''
Bergg.
* ''
Rhamphogyne rhynchocarpa'' was formerly placed here with the name ''
Abrotanella rhynchocarpa''
References
Bibliography
*
*
* Swenson U. 1995. Systematics of Abrotanella, an amphi-Pacific genus of Asteraceae (Senecioneae). ''Pl. Syst. Evol.'' 197. (1-4): 149–193.
* Wagstaff, Steven J.; Breitwieser, Ilse & Swenson, Ulf 2006. Origin and relationships of the austral genus Abrotanella (Asteraceae) inferred from DNA sequences. ''Taxon'' 55(1):95-106.
External links
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Asteraceae genera
Taxa named by Henri Cassini
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