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., Pl. Victoria 2: t. 40 (1865).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Trineuron nivigenum F.Muell., Trans. Philos. Soc. Victoria 1: 105 (1855).
    • Etymology: from Latin nivis ("snow") and gena ("eye") (Swenson, 1995: 172).
    • Type: Australia, New South Wales, summits of the Munyang Mountains, "apparently on the higher part of Kosciusko Plateau", Mueller s.n. (Lectotype (selected by Swenson (1998: 172): MEL; isolectotypes K, L, MEL)

References

• 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. 

Links

• APNI 2010. Abrotanella nivigena (F.Muell.) F.Muell. . Australian Plant Name Index, Australian National Botanic Gardens.

Vernacular names

English: snow-wort

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