''Thiseltonia'' is a

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n plants in the daisy family

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. It is placed in the pussy's-toes tribe

Gnaphalieae The Gnaphalieae are a tribe of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is most closely related to the tribes Anthemideae, Astereae, and Calenduleae. Characteristics This group is most diverse in South America, Southern Africa and Australi ...

. , the Global Compositae Database and Florabase accepted only one species, ''Thiseltonia gracillima'', native to

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, and regarded ''Thiseltonia dyeri'' as a synonym, while

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accepted ''Thiseltonia dyeri'' as a separate species.

References

Monotypic Asteraceae genera Gnaphalieae Flora of Western Australia Taxa named by William Hemsley (botanist) {{Gnaphalieae-stub