''Cyphanthera'' is a genus of nine species of flowering plants in the family
Solanaceae
Solanaceae (), commonly known as the nightshades, is a family of flowering plants in the order Solanales. It contains approximately 2,700 species, several of which are used as agricultural crops, medicinal plants, and ornamental plants. Many me ...
and are
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only 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 foun ...
to Australia.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Cyphanthera'' was first formally described in 1853 by
John Miers in ''
Journal of Natural History
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''.
The genus name means "bent
anther
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Morphology and terminology
A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filament ...
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Species list
The following is a list of ''Cyphanthera'' species accepted by the
Australian Plant Census
The Australian Plant Census (APC) provides an online interface to currently accepted, published, scientific names of the vascular flora of Australia, as one of the output interfaces of the national government Integrated Biodiversity Information Sys ...
as at January 2024:
* ''
Cyphanthera albicans
''Cyphanthera albicans'', commonly known as grey ray flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is an upright shrub with grey foliage and cream, white or pale yellow ...
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(A.Cunn.
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) Miers Miers is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
*Sir Anthony Miers (1906–1985), Royal Navy admiral
*Sir David Miers (born 1937), British ambassador
*Earl Schenck Miers (1910–1972), American historian
*Edward J. Miers (1851–1930), Eng ...
** ''Cyphanthera albicans''
(A.Cunn.) Miers subsp. ''albicans''
** ''Cyphanthera albicans'' subsp. ''notabilis''
Haegi
** ''Cyphanthera albicans'' subsp. ''tomentosa''
(Benth.
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) Haegi
*''
Cyphanthera anthocercidea''
(F.Muell.
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) Haegi
** ''Cyphanthera × cuneata''
Miers
** ''Cyphanthera × frondosa''
Miers
* ''
Cyphanthera microphylla''
Miers
* ''
Cyphanthera miersiana''
Haegi
* ''
Cyphanthera myosotidea''
(F.Muell.) Haegi
** ''Cyphanthera myosotidea''
(F.Muell.) Haegi × ''Grammosolen dixonii''
(F.Muell. & Tate
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) Haegi
* ''
Cyphanthera odgersii''
(F.Muell.) Haegi
** ''Cyphanthera odgersii'' subsp. ''occidentalis''
Haegi
** ''Cyphanthera odgersii'' subsp. ''occidentalis''
Haegi
* ''
Cyphanthera racemosa
''Cyphanthera'' is a genus of nine species of flowering plants in the family Solanaceae and are endemic to Australia.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Cyphanthera'' was first formally described in 1853 by John Miers in ''Journal of Natural History''. The g ...
''
(F.Muell.) Haegi
* ''
Cyphanthera scabrella''
(Benth.) Miers
* ''
Cyphanthera tasmanica''
Miers
References
Solanaceae genera
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