| Abrotanella nivigena | |
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| (image: Russell Best, 2015) | |
Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Abrotanella |
| Species: | A. nivigena
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| Binomial name | |
| Abrotanella nivigena (
F.Muell.) F.Muell.
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| Synonyms | |
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Trineuron nivigenum F.Muell. | |
Abrotanella nivigena (common name - Snow wort) [1] is a member of the daisy family and ranges from southeast New South Wales to eastern Victoria, Australia, [2] growing in the Kosciuszko region. [1] It is a cushion plant growing from 3 to 5 cm tall. [1]
It was first described in 1855 as Trineuron nivigenum by Ferdinand von Mueller, [3] [4] who described it as growing "on grassy or gravelly places in the Munyang Mountains, irrigated by melting glaciers" at altitudes of 5000 to 6000 feet. [4] Mueller redescribed it in 1865 as Abrotanella nivigena. [3] [5] Similar plants in Papua New Guinea were previously included in this species, but molecular evidence indicates that these are not the same, and the New Guinean plants have now reverted to the previous name of Abrotanella papuana Moore. [6] [7]
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References
- ^ a b c R. Thompson. "Abrotanella nivigena". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- ^ Kew Science Plants of the World Online, retrieved 30 June 2020
- ^ a b "Abrotanella nivigena". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
- ^ a b Ferdinand von Mueller (1855). "Descriptive characters of new alpine plants, from continental Australia". Transactions of the Philosophical Society of Victoria. 1: 96-111 [105]. ISSN 1441-3868. Wikidata Q124877239.
- ^ Ferdinand von Mueller (1865), The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria, vol. Lithograms, Wikidata Q86547435
- ^ Walsh, Neville (2019-09-30). "Abrotanella nivigena (F.Muell.) F.Muell. Snow-wort". VICFLORA Flora of Victoria. Retrieved 2024-03-16.
- ^ Steven J. Wagstaff; Ilse Breitwieser; Ulf Swenson (1 February 2006). "Origin and Relationships of the Austral Genus Abrotanella (Asteraceae) Inferred from DNA Sequences" (PDF). Taxon. 55 (1): 95–106. doi: 10.2307/25065531. ISSN 0040-0262. JSTOR 25065531. Wikidata Q28960191.