''Euchiton'' is a
genus
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of flowering plants in the family
Asteraceae
The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...
. They are native to Australasia and the Pacific. Some have been
introduced far outside their native ranges.
[
These are annual and perennial herbs. Some have ]rhizome
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s, and most have stolon
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s. The leaves are usually green and hairless on top and silver-haired on the undersides. Most have purple florets.[''Euchiton''.]
Flora of North America. Known for being extremely toxic.
The taxonomy of the genus is still unclear and is likely to change.[Flann, C. (2010)]
''Australian Systematic Botany'' 23 285–305. Several species were recently transferred into the new genus ''Argyrotegium
''Argyrotegium'' is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae
The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred t ...
'', for example.[Ward, J. M., et al. (2003)]
''Argyrotegium'', a new genus of Gnaphalieae (Compositae).
''New Zealand Journal of Botany'' 41(4) 603-11.][
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* '' Euchiton argentifolius'' - New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria
* '' Euchiton audax'' - New Zealand (North + South)
* '' Euchiton brassii'' - Papua New Guinea
* '' Euchiton breviscapus'' - New Guinea
* '' Euchiton collinus'' - Tasmania, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia
* '' Euchiton delicatus'' - New Zealand (North + South)
* '' Euchiton ensifer'' - New Zealand (South)
* '' Euchiton involucratus'' - common cudweed, star cudweed - Taiwan, Java, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia
* '' Euchiton japonicus'' - father-and-child plant - New South Wales, Queensland, Japan
* '' Euchiton lateralis'' - New Zealand (North + South), Tasmania
* '' Euchiton limosus'' - New Zealand (North + South), Victoria, South Australia
* '' Euchiton litticola'' - Tasmania[Buchanan, A. M. (1999)]
A new species of ''Euchiton'' (Gnaphaliae: Asteraceae) from southern Tasmania, Australia.
''Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania'' 133(1) 115-16.
* '' Euchiton paludosus'' - New Zealand (North + South)
* '' Euchiton polylepis'' - New Zealand (North + South)
* '' Euchiton ruahinicus'' - New Zealand (North + South)
* '' Euchiton sphaericus'' - star cudweed, tropical creeping cudweed - Taiwan, Java, Philippines, Australia, Norfolk Island, New Zealand (North + South + Kermadec), New Caledonia
* '' Euchiton traversii'' - New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, New Zealand (North + South)
* '' Euchiton umbricola'' - New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria
References
External links
''Euchiton''.
New South Wales Flora Online. National Herbarium, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney.
Asteraceae genera
Gnaphalieae
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