Abrotanella nivigena

Abrotanella nivigena

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Senecioneae
Subtribus: Abrotanellinae
Genus: Abrotanella
Species: Abrotanella nivigena

Name

Abrotanella nivigena (F.Muell.) F.Muell. (1865)

• According to APNI (2010), the correct authority is (F.Muell.) F.Muell. (1865; Pl. Victoria:pl. 40), but I have not been able to verify this.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
• Trineuron nivigenum F.Muell. (1855:105)
  • Etymology: from Latin nivis ("snow") and gena ("eye") (Swenson, 1995:172).
  • Type locality: "summits of the Munyang Mountains", New South Wales, Australia.
    • As given in Swenson (1998:172), who indicates a posterior (1946) note by Willis: "apparently on the higher part of Kosciusko Plateau".
  • Lectotype: Mueller s.n. (MEL; isolectotypes K, L, MEL)
    • Selected by Swenson (1998:172).
• Heterotypic
• Abrotanella papuana S.Moore (in Ridley, 1916:86)
  • Type locality: "Utakwa River to Mt Carstensz", Western New Guinea, New Guinea.
    • As given in Swenson (1998:172).
  • Lectotype: Kloss s.n. (BM; isolectotype L)
    • Selected by Royen (1983; "holotype"), correction by Swenson (1998:172).

References

• Bentham, George. 1866. Compositae in Fl. Austral. 3: 447–680.
• APNI 2010. Abrotanella nivigena (F.Muell.) F.Muell. . Australian Plant Name Index, Australian National Botanic Gardens.
• Mueller, Ferdinand. 1855. Descriptive characters of new alpine plants from continental Australia. Trans. Philos. Soc. Victoria 1: 96–111.
• Ridley, H.N. 1916. Report on the Botany of the Wollaston Expedition to Dutch New Guinea, 1912–13. Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 9(1): 1–268. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.1916.tb00009.x.
• Royen, Pieter van. 1983. The Alpine Flora of New Guinea. 4 . ISBN 3-7682-1246-7. [not seen]
• Swenson, U. 1995. Systematics of Abrotanella, an Amphi-pacific genus of Asteraceae (Senecioneae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 197(1–4): 149–193. DOI: 10.1007/BF00984638. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: snow-wort

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