Euchiton
| Euchiton | |
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| Euchiton sphaericus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Gnaphalieae |
| Subtribe: | Gnaphaliinae |
| Genus: | Euchiton Cass. |
| Type species | |
| Euchiton pulchellus | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Euchiton is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. They are native to Australasia and the Pacific. Some have been introduced far outside their native ranges.[2]
These are annual and perennial herbs. Some have rhizomes, and most have stolons. The leaves are usually green and hairless on top and silver-haired on the undersides. Most have purple florets.[2][3] Known for being extremely toxic.
The taxonomy of the genus is still unclear and is likely to change.[4] Several species were recently transferred into the new genus Argyrotegium, for example.[5][2]
- Euchiton argentifolius - New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria
- Euchiton audax - New Zealand (North + South)
- Euchiton brassii - Papua New Guinea
- Euchiton breviscapus - New Guinea
- Euchiton collinus - Tasmania, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia
- Euchiton delicatus - New Zealand (North + South)
- Euchiton ensifer - New Zealand (South)
- Euchiton involucratus - common cudweed, star cudweed - Taiwan, Java, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia
- Euchiton japonicus - father-and-child plant - New South Wales, Queensland, Japan
- Euchiton lateralis - New Zealand (North + South), Tasmania
- Euchiton limosus - New Zealand (North + South), Victoria, South Australia
- Euchiton litticola - Tasmania[7]
- Euchiton paludosus - New Zealand (North + South)
- Euchiton polylepis - New Zealand (North + South)
- Euchiton ruahinicus - New Zealand (North + South)
- Euchiton sphaericus - star cudweed, tropical creeping cudweed - Taiwan, Java, Philippines, Australia, Norfolk Island, New Zealand (North + South + Kermadec), New Caledonia
- Euchiton traversii - New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, New Zealand (North + South)
- Euchiton umbricola - New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria
References[edit]
- ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ^ a b c Euchiton. Flora of North America.
- ^ Nesom, G. L. 2002. Euchiton (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae) in North America and Hawaii. Sida 20: 515–521.
- ^ Flann, C. (2010). Morphometric study of Euchiton (Gnaphalieae: Asteraceae). Australian Systematic Botany 23 285–305.
- ^ Ward, J. M., et al. (2003). Argyrotegium, a new genus of Gnaphalieae (Compositae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 41(4) 603-11.]
- ^ The Plant List search for Euchiton
- ^ Buchanan, A. M. (1999). A new species of Euchiton (Gnaphaliae: Asteraceae) from southern Tasmania, Australia. Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 133(1) 115-16.
External links[edit]
- Euchiton. New South Wales Flora Online. National Herbarium, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney.