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''Angianthus'' is a
genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of flowering plants in the family
Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae ...
, which was first described by
Wendland The Wendland is a region in Germany on the borders of the present states of Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. Its heart is the Hanoverian Wendland in the county of Lüchow-Dannenberg in Lower Saxony. In 2 ...
in 1810.Wendland, Johann Christoph. 1810.
Collectio Plantarum 2(2): 31t. 48
/ref>Tropicos, ''Angianthus'' J.C. Wendl.
/ref> The type species is ''
Angianthus tomentosus ''Angianthus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, which was first described by J.C.Wendl., Wendland in 1810.Wendland, Johann Christoph. 1810.Collectio Plantarum 2(2): 31 The type species is ''Angianthus tomentosus''. Etymol ...
''.


Etymology

The genus name derives from the Greek: ''angeion'', a vessel or cup, and ''anthos'', flower, and "allud(es) to the cup-like shape of the ring of broad pappus-scales in '' A. tomentosus''."Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957) Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 923.


Species

All species of this genus are
endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...
to Australia.


Gallery

Angianthus preissianus - Flickr - Kevin Thiele (1).jpg, '' A. preissianus'' Angianthus acrohyalinus - Flickr - Kevin Thiele.jpg, '' A. acrohyalinus'' File:Collectio plantarum tam exoticarum, quam indigenarum, cum delineatione, descriptione culturaque earum (19729446413).jpg, '' A. tomentosus'' (t. 48, Wendland)


References


External links


Australian Virtual Herbarium: Occurrence data for ''Angianthus''

GBIF: Occurrence data for ''Angianthus''

South Australia seedbank website: ''Angianthus''

SA Flora: ''Angianthus''
* Gnaphalieae Asteraceae genera Endemic flora of Australia Taxa named by Johann Christoph Wendland Plants described in 1810 {{Gnaphalieae-stub