''Cymbonotus'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of flowering plants in the family

Asteraceae Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the Order (biology), order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchi ...

from southern Australia. Three species are recognised. The

type species In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...

is '' C. lawsonianus'' of eastern Australia, commonly known as bear's ears. Molecular studies of African genera and ''C. lawsonianus'' showed the genus to be very closely related to the genera ''

Arctotis ''Arctotis'' is a genus of annual and perennial plants in the family Asteraceae. ''Arctotis'' is native to dry stony slopes in southern Africa. Some of the plants are alternatively placed in the genus ''Venidium''. The common name is "Afric ...

'' and ''

Haplocarpha ''Haplocarpha'' (onefruit) is a genus of African flowering plants in the family Asteraceae Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the Orde ...

'', suggesting they must have been dispersed across the Indian Ocean to Australia somehow.

References

Asteraceae genera Arctotideae {{Asteraceae-stub