Maireana is a
genus of around 57 species of perennial shrubs and herbs in the family
Amaranthaceae which are endemic to
Australia. Species in this genus were formerly classified within the genus Kochia. The genus was described in 1840 by the botanist,
Moquin-Tandon and named to honour Joseph François Maire (1780-1867), an amateur botanist who befriended him during the author's first visit to Paris in 1834.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
^Fournier, Eugene, Rapport sur l'herbier de M. le Docteur E. Cosson. (1867)
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^Moquin-Tandon, A. (1841).
"De genere Maireana". Annales des sciences naturelles. Série 2. 15: 96–98.
^Moquin-Tandon, Alfred. Marcel Rolland(editor.) Un naturaliste à Paris sous Louis-Philippe: journal de voyage inédit (1834) 1944.
^"Maireana". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2010-01-09.