Leptinella

Leptinella
Leptinella gruveri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Anthemideae
Genus: Leptinella
Cass.
Synonyms[1]
  • Cotula sect. Leptinella (Cass.) Hook.f.
  • Symphyomera Hook.f.

Leptinella is a genus[2][3] of alpine flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, comprising 33 species, distributed in New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and South America. Many of the species are endemic to New Zealand.[3][4]

For over 100 years, Leptinella species were considered part of the genus Cotula, but the genus Leptinella was reinstated by Lloyd & Webb in 1987.[3] They determined that all species of Leptinella are distinguished from those of the other two sections of Cotula, and other Anthemideae, by the conspicuous "inflated" corollas of the female florets and by chromosome numbers based on x = 26 where known.[3]

Leptinella squalida 'Platt's Black' is a form cultivated as a garden plant, and is used for ground cover and as a component in tapestry lawns.[5]

Species[1][6]

References

  1. ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ^ Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1822. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1822: 127-129 generic description in Latin, specific descriptions and commentary in French
  3. ^ a b c d Lloyd, David G.; Webb, C. J. (1987). "The reinstatement of Leptinella at generic rank, and the status of the 'Cotuleae' (Asteraceae, Anthemideae)". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 25 (1): 99–105. Bibcode:1987NZJB...25...99L. doi:10.1080/0028825X.1987.10409959.
  4. ^ Tropicos, Leptinella Cass.
  5. ^ "Leptinella squalida 'Platt's Black'". Plant Finder. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
  6. ^ The Plant List search for Leptinella


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