''Maireana '' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
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 i ...
which are endemic to
Australia. 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 amara ...
''. 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
''Maireana astrotricha'', the low bluebush (a name it shares with ''Maireana planifolia''), is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae, native to a southern portion of the Northern Territory, central South Australia, western ...
'' (L.A.S.Johnson) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana atkinsiana'' (W.Fitzg.) Paul G.Wilson
*''Maireana brevifolia
''Maireana brevifolia'' is a shrub that is native to Australia and naturalised in South Africa, the Middle East and the Canary Islands. Common names in Australia include cotton bush, eastern cotton-bush, short-leaf bluebush, small-leaf bluebush ...
'' (R.Br.) Paul G.Wilson- Small-leaf bluebush
*'' Maireana campanulata'' Paul G.Wilson
*''Maireana cannonii
''Maireana '' is a genus of around 57 species of perennial shrubs and herbs in the family Amaranthaceae which are endemic to Australia. Species in this genus were formerly classified within the genus ''Kochia''. The genus was described in 1840 b ...
'' (J.M.Black) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana carnosa'' (Moq.) Paul G.Wilson
*''Maireana cheelii
''Maireana cheelii'', common name - chariot wheels, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae, native to Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland (where it is extinct). It is found on seasonally wet, heavy loams and clay soi ...
'' (R.H.Anderson) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana ciliata'' (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
*''Maireana convexa
''Maireana convexa'', the mulga bluebush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae, native to Western Australia. It is usually found growing in non-saline soils in the mulga habitat.
References
convexa
Endemic flora o ...
'' Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana coronata'' (J.M.Black) Paul G.Wilson
*''Maireana decalvans
''Maireana decalvans'', the black cotton-bush, is a species of flowering plant 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 ...
'' (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
''Maireana '' is a genus of around 57 species of perennial shrubs and herbs in the family Amaranthaceae which are endemic to Australia. Species in this genus were formerly classified within the genus ''Kochia''. The genus was described in 1840 b ...
'' (Lindl.) Paul G.Wilson
*''Maireana lobiflora
''Maireana '' is a genus of around 57 species of perennial shrubs and herbs in the family Amaranthaceae which are endemic to Australia. Species in this genus were formerly classified within the genus ''Kochia''. The genus was described in 1840 b ...
'' (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson
*''Maireana luehmannii
''Maireana '' is a genus of around 57 species of perennial shrubs and herbs in the family Amaranthaceae which are endemic to Australia. Species in this genus were formerly classified within the genus ''Kochia''. The genus was described in 1840 b ...
'' (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
*''Maireana marginata
''Maireana '' is a genus of around 57 species of perennial shrubs and herbs in the family Amaranthaceae which are endemic to Australia. Species in this genus were formerly classified within the genus ''Kochia''. The genus was described in 1840 b ...
'' (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana melanocarpa'' Paul G.Wilson
*''Maireana melanocoma
''Maireana '' is a genus of around 57 species of perennial shrubs and herbs in the family Amaranthaceae which are endemic to Australia. Species in this genus were formerly classified within the genus ''Kochia''. The genus was described in 1840 b ...
'' (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
*''Maireana microcarpa
''Maireana '' is a genus of around 57 species of perennial shrubs and herbs in the family Amaranthaceae which are endemic to Australia. Species in this genus were formerly classified within the genus '' Kochia''. The genus was described in 184 ...
'' (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson
*''Maireana microphylla
''Maireana '' is a genus of around 57 species of perennial shrubs and herbs in the family Amaranthaceae which are endemic to Australia. Species in this genus were formerly classified within the genus '' Kochia''. The genus was described in 184 ...
'' (Moq.) Paul G.Wilson
*''Maireana murrayana
''Maireana '' is a genus of around 57 species of perennial shrubs and herbs in the family Amaranthaceae which are endemic to Australia. Species in this genus were formerly classified within the genus '' Kochia''. The genus was described in 184 ...
'' (Ewart & B.Rees) Paul G.Wilson
*''Maireana obrienii
''Maireana obrienii'' is a shrub that is endemic to eastern Australia.
The species was formally described in 2013, based on plant material collected from Pine Grove, near Mitiamo, Victoria
Mitiamo is a town in northern Victoria, Australia ...
'' N.G.Walsh
*''Maireana oppositifolia
''Maireana '' is a genus of around 57 species of perennial shrubs and herbs in the family Amaranthaceae which are endemic to Australia. Species in this genus were formerly classified within the genus '' Kochia''. The genus was described in 184 ...
'' (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
*''Maireana ovata
''Maireana '' is a genus of around 57 species of perennial shrubs and herbs in the family Amaranthaceae which are endemic to Australia. Species in this genus were formerly classified within the genus '' Kochia''. The genus was described in 184 ...
'' (Ising) Paul G.Wilson
*''Maireana pentagona
''Maireana pentagona'', the hairy bluebush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae, native to Australia (except the Northern Territory and Tasmania). A prostrate or decumbent perennial, it typically grows in heavy soils.
Re ...
'' (R.H.Anderson) Paul G.Wilson
*''Maireana pentatropis
''Maireana '' is a genus of around 57 species of perennial shrubs and herbs in the family Amaranthaceae which are endemic to Australia. Species in this genus were formerly classified within the genus '' Kochia''. The genus was described in 184 ...
'' (Tate) Paul G.Wilson
*''Maireana planifolia
''Maireana planifolia'', the low bluebush (a name it shares with '' Maireana astrotricha''), is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae, native to western and central Australia. It is found in a wide variety of situations, inclu ...
'' (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
*''Maireana platycarpa
''Maireana '' is a genus of around 57 species of perennial shrubs and herbs in the family Amaranthaceae which are endemic to Australia. Species in this genus were formerly classified within the genus '' Kochia''. The genus was described in 184 ...
'' Paul G.Wilson
*''Maireana polypterygia
''Maireana '' is a genus of around 57 species of perennial shrubs and herbs in the family Amaranthaceae which are endemic to Australia. Species in this genus were formerly classified within the genus '' Kochia''. The genus was described in 184 ...
'' (Diels) Paul G.Wilson
*''Maireana prosthecochaeta
''Maireana '' is a genus of around 57 species of perennial shrubs and herbs in the family Amaranthaceae which are endemic to Australia. Species in this genus were formerly classified within the genus '' Kochia''. The genus was described in 184 ...
'' (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana pyramidata'' (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson
*''Maireana radiata
''Maireana '' is a genus of around 57 species of perennial shrubs and herbs in the family Amaranthaceae which are endemic to Australia. Species in this genus were formerly classified within the genus '' Kochia''. The genus was described in 184 ...
'' (Paul G.Wilson) Paul G.Wilson
*''Maireana rohrlachii
''Maireana '' is a genus of around 57 species of perennial shrubs and herbs in the family Amaranthaceae which are endemic to Australia. Species in this genus were formerly classified within the genus ''Kochia''. The genus was described in 1840 b ...
'' (Paul G.Wilson) Paul G.Wilson
*''Maireana schistocarpa
''Maireana '' is a genus of around 57 species of perennial shrubs and herbs in the family Amaranthaceae which are endemic to Australia. Species in this genus were formerly classified within the genus '' Kochia''. The genus was described in 184 ...
'' Paul G.Wilson
*''Maireana sclerolaenoides
''Maireana '' is a genus of around 57 species of perennial shrubs and herbs in the family Amaranthaceae which are endemic to Australia. Species in this genus were formerly classified within the genus '' Kochia''. The genus was described in 184 ...
'' (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
*''Maireana scleroptera
''Maireana '' is a genus of around 57 species of perennial shrubs and herbs in the family Amaranthaceae which are endemic to Australia. Species in this genus were formerly classified within the genus '' Kochia''. The genus was described in 184 ...
'' (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
''Maireana '' is a genus of around 57 species of perennial shrubs and herbs in the family Amaranthaceae which are endemic to Australia. Species in this genus were formerly classified within the genus ''Kochia''. The genus was described in 1840 b ...
'' (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
*''Maireana stipitata
''Maireana '' is a genus of around 57 species of perennial shrubs and herbs in the family Amaranthaceae which are endemic to Australia. Species in this genus were formerly classified within the genus ''Kochia''. The genus was described in 1840 b ...
'' Paul G.Wilson
*''Maireana suaedifolia
''Maireana suaedifolia'', the lax bluebush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae, native to Western Australia and South Australia. It is typically found growing in alluvial plain
An alluvial plain is a largely flat ...
'' (Paul G.Wilson) Paul G.Wilson
*''Maireana thesioides
''Maireana thesioides'' (common name - Mulga blue-bush) is a plant in the Amaranthaceae family, native to Western Australia.
It was first described as ''Kochia thesioides'' by Charles Austin Gardner in 1941 or 1942, but was transferred to the ...
'' (C.A.Gardner) Paul G.Wilson
*'' Maireana tomentosa'' Moq.
*'' Maireana trichoptera'' (J.M.Black) Paul G.Wilson
*''Maireana triptera
''Maireana triptera'', the three-wing bluebush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae, native to Australia (except Tasmania). It is a compact shrub reaching , with bluish-green leaves.
References
triptera
Endemic flo ...
'' (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson
*''Maireana turbinata
''Maireana '' is a genus of around 57 species of perennial shrubs and herbs in the family Amaranthaceae which are endemic to Australia. Species in this genus were formerly classified within the genus '' Kochia''. The genus was described in 184 ...
'' Paul G.Wilson
*''Maireana villosa
''Maireana '' is a genus of around 57 species of perennial shrubs and herbs in the family Amaranthaceae which are endemic to Australia. Species in this genus were formerly classified within the genus '' Kochia''. The genus was described in 184 ...
'' (Lindl.) Paul G.Wilson
Further reading
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References
External links
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PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online: Genus ''Maireana''
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Caryophyllales of Australia
Amaranthaceae genera