''Maireana '' is a
genus
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of around 57 species of perennial shrubs and herbs in the family
Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the amaranth family, in reference to its type genus ''Amaranthus''. It includes the former goosefoot family Chenopodiaceae and contains about 165 genera and 2,040 species, making it ...
which are endemic to
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
. Species in this genus were formerly classified within the genus ''
Kochia
''Kochia'' ''Sunset Western Garden Book,'' 1995:606–607 is a synonym of the genus ''Bassia'', which belongs to the subfamily Camphorosmoideae of family Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the amarant ...
''. The genus was described in 1840 by the botanist,
Moquin-Tandon and named to honour Joseph François Maire (1780-1867), an amateur botanist who befriended him during the author's first visit to Paris in 1834.
[Fournier, Eugene, Rapport sur l'herbier de M. le Docteur E. Cosson. (1867]
/ref>[Moquin-Tandon, Alfred. Marcel Rolland(editor.) Un naturaliste à Paris sous Louis-Philippe: journal de voyage inédit (1834) 1944.]
The type species is '' Maireana tomentosa''.[
Species include:]Maireana aphylla
''Maireana aphylla'', also known as cotton bush or leafless bluebush, is a leafless (or almost leafless) shrub that is endemic to Australia. It is usually rounded in form and grows to around in height.
The species occurs in all mainland state ...
'' (R.Br.) Paul G.Wilson- Cotton bush or leafless bluebush
*'' Maireana appressa'' (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana astrotricha'' (L.A.S.Johnson) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana atkinsiana'' (W.Fitzg.) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana brevifolia'' (R.Br.) Paul G.Wilson- Small-leaf bluebush
*'' Maireana campanulata'' Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana cannonii'' (J.M.Black) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana carnosa'' (Moq.) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana cheelii'' (R.H.Anderson) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana ciliata'' (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana convexa'' Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana coronata'' (J.M.Black) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana decalvans'' (Gand.) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana dichoptera'' (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana diffusa'' Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana enchylaenoides'' (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana eriantha'' (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana erioclada'' (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana eriosphaera'' Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana excavata'' (J.M.Black) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana georgei'' (Diels) Paul G.Wilson- Slit-wing bluebush or satiny bluebush
*'' Maireana glomerifolia'' (F.Muell. & Tate) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana humillima'' (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana integra'' (Paul G.Wilson) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana lanosa'' (Lindl.) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana lobiflora'' (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana luehmannii'' (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana marginata'' (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana melanocarpa'' Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana melanocoma'' (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana microcarpa'' (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana microphylla'' (Moq.) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana murrayana'' (Ewart & B.Rees) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana obrienii'' N.G.Walsh
*'' Maireana oppositifolia'' (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana ovata'' (Ising) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana pentagona'' (R.H.Anderson) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana pentatropis'' (Tate) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana planifolia'' (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana platycarpa'' Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana polypterygia'' (Diels) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana prosthecochaeta'' (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
*''Maireana pyramidata
''Maireana pyramidata'' (sago bush, black bluebush, shrubby bluebush) is a species of plant within the genus, ''Maireana'', in the family Amaranthaceae. It is endemic to Australia, and widespread throughout Australia in the inland, where it is ...
'' (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana radiata'' (Paul G.Wilson) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana rohrlachii'' (Paul G.Wilson) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana schistocarpa'' Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana sclerolaenoides'' (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana scleroptera'' (J.M.Black) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana sedifolia'' (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson- Pearl bluebush
*''Maireana'' sp. Patience (C.P.Campbell 1052) WA Herbarium
*''Maireana'' sp. Rainbow Valley (A91207) NT Herbarium
*'' Maireana spongiocarpa'' (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana stipitata'' Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana suaedifolia'' (Paul G.Wilson) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana thesioides'' (C.A.Gardner) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana tomentosa'' Moq.
*'' Maireana trichoptera'' (J.M.Black) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana triptera'' (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana turbinata'' Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana villosa'' (Lindl.) Paul G.Wilson
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PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online: Genus ''Maireana''
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Caryophyllales of Australia
Amaranthaceae genera