Abrotanella

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG III (down to family level) Main Page Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Euasterids II Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Senecioneae
Genus: Abrotanella
Species: A. caespitosa - A. emarginata - A. diemii - A. fertilis - A. forsteroides - A. inconspicua - A. linearifolia - A. linearis - A. muscosa - A. nivigena - A. patearoa - A. purpurea - A. pusilla - A. rostrata - A. rosulata - A. scapigera - A. spathulata - A. submarginata - A. trichoachaenia - A. trilobata [after Swenson (1995, 1996), Heads (1999)]

Name

Abrotanella Cass. (1825:27)

• Note: Not "(Gaudich.) Cass." as given in Swenson (1995:155), cf. Flann & al. (2010:1211).
• Etymology: Possibly from the epithet of Artemisia abrotanum (Swenson, 1995:156)
• Type species: Abrotanella emarginata (Gaudich.) Cass., 1825
  • Type fixation: By monotypy (Cassini, 1825:27; Flann & al., 2010:1211).

Synonyms

Homotypic

Soliva sect. Abrotanella (Cass.) Baill. (1882:283)

Heterotypic

Ceratella Hook.f. (1844:25)

• Etymology: Ancient Greek κέρας, κέρατος (keras, keratos), "horn" + Latin diminutive -ella "alludes to the small horns on the cypselas" (Swenson, 1995:165).
• Type species: Ceratella rosulata Hook.f., 1844 (=Abrotanella rosulata (Hook.f.) Hook.f., 1864)
  • Type fixation: By monotypy (Hooker, 1844:25).

Trineuron Hook.f. (1844:23)

• Etymology: "presumably chosen to draw attention to the three "nerves" in the phyllaries and cypselas" (Swenson, 1995:169).
• Type species: Trineuron spathulatum Hook.f., 1844 (=Abrotanella spathulata (Hook.f.) Hook.f., 1864)
  • Type fixation: By monotypy (Hooker, 1844:24).

Scleroleima Hook.f. (1846:444)

• Etymology: Unknown, not discussed in Swenson (1995).
• Type species: Scleroleima forsteroides Hook.f., 1846 (=Abrotanella forsteroides (Hook.f.) Benth., 1866)
  • Type fixation: By monotypy (Hooker, 1846:444).

References

• Baillon, Henri. (1882) "Composées", in Hist. Pl. 8:1-316.
• Cassini, Henri de. (1825) "Oligospore", in Frédéric Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 36:24-27.
• Flann, Christina; Werner Greuter & D. J. Nicolas Hind. (2010) "Cassini's Compositae genera: A nomenclatural and taxonomic assessment". Taxon. 59(4):1206-1244. Abstract.
• Heads, Michael. (1999) "Vicariance biogeography and terrane tectonics in the South Pacific: analysis of the genus Abrotanella (Compositae)". Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 67(3):391-432. doi: 10.1006/bijl.1998.0309.
• Hooker, Joseph Dalton. (1844) "Compositae", in Bot. Antarct. Voy. 1:23-37. (Fl. Antarct.).
• Hooker, Joseph Dalton. (1846) "Description of a New Genus of Compositae, and a New Species of Plantago, from the Mountains of Tasmania". London J. Bot. 5:444-447.
• Swenson, Ulf. (1995) "Systematics of Abrotanella, an Amphi-pacific genus of Asteraceae (Senecioneae)". Pl. Syst. Evol. 197(1-4):149-193. doi: 10.1007/BF00984638.
• Swenson, Ulf. (1996) "Abrotanella rostrata (Asteraceae, Senecioneae) - a new species for New Zealand". New Zealand J. Bot. 34(1):47-50.