Wollastonia (Asteraceae)

Wollastonia biflora

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: Heliantheae
Subtribus: Ecliptinae
Genus: Wollastonia
Species: W. biflora – W. dentata – W. elongata – W. glabrata – W. scabriuscula – W. serrulata – W. uniflora

Name

Wollastonia DC. ex Decne., Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 3: 414; (Herb. Tim. Desc. 86). (1834)

• Type species: Wollastonia biflora (L.) DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 5: 546. (1836)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Anthemiopsis Bojer ex DC. in Prodr. 5: 547, 548 (1836)
  • Aphanopappus Endl. in Gen. Pl., Suppl. 2: 43 (1842)
  • Niebuhria Neck. ex Britten in J. Bot. 39: 68 (1901), nom. illeg.
  • Schizophyllum Nutt. in Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 7: 452 (1841), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia, Africa & Australia Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Chagos Archipelago, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Comoros, Cook Is., Fiji, Gilbert Is., Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maldives, Marianas, Marshall Is., Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Niue, Norfolk Is., Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Tonga, Tubuai Is., Tuvalu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is. Introduced into: Seychelles References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Decaisne, J. 1834. Description d'un herbier de l'Île de Timor, faisant partie des collections botaniques du muséum d'histoire naturelle. Nouvelles Annales du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle 3: 333–501. BHL Reference page. 
• Orchard, A.E. 2013. The Wollastonia/Melanthera/Wedelia generic complex (Asteraceae: Ecliptinae), with particular reference to Australia and Malesia. Nuytsia 23: 337-466. Full text PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Wollastonia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 May 27. Reference page. 
• Wollastonia in: Australian Plant Census (APC) 2018. IBIS database, Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 2.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Wollastonia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 2. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Wollastonia. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 2 2018.

Vernacular names

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