''Leptorhynchos'' 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 annual or perennial herbs 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 ...
. All species are endemic to
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...
.
Species list
The following is a list of species of ''Leptorhynchos'' 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 April 2024:
* ''
Leptorhynchos baileyi''
F.Muell.
Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Victoria (state), Vic ...
- woolly buttons
* ''
Leptorhynchos elongatus''
DC.
Augustin Pyramus (or Pyrame) de Candolle (, , ; 4 February 17789 September 1841) was a Swiss botanist. René Louiche Desfontaines launched de Candolle's botanical career by recommending him at a herbarium. Within a couple of years de Candolle ...
- lanky buttons
* ''
Leptorhynchos melanocarpus
The genus ''Leptorhynchos'' may refer to:
*'' Leptorhynchos gaddisi'', a dinosaur genus in the family Caenagnathidae
* ''Leptorhynchos'' (plant), a plant genus in the family Asteraceae
{{Genus disambiguation ...
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Paul G.Wilson
* ''
Leptorhynchos nitidulus''
DC.
* ''
Leptorhynchos orientalis''
Paul G.Wilson
* ''
Leptorhynchos scaber''
(Benth.
George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
) Haegi
* ''
Leptorhynchos squamatus''
( Labill.) Less. – scaly buttons
** ''Leptorhynchos squamatus'' subsp. ''alpinus''
Flann
** ''Leptorhynchos squamatus''
(Labill.) Less. subsp. ''squamatus''
* ''
Leptorhynchos tenuifolius''
F.Muell.
* ''
Leptorhynchos tetrachaetus
The genus ''Leptorhynchos'' may refer to:
*'' Leptorhynchos gaddisi'', a dinosaur genus in the family Caenagnathidae
* ''Leptorhynchos'' (plant), a plant genus in the family Asteraceae
{{Genus disambiguation ...
''
( Schldl.) J.M.Black - beauty buttons
* ''
Leptorhynchos waitzia''
Sond.
Otto Wilhelm Sonder (18 June 1812, Bad Oldesloe – 21 November 1881) was a German botanist and pharmacist.
Life
A native of Holstein, Sonder studied at Kiel University, where he sat pharmaceutical examinations in 1835, before becoming the prop ...
- button immortelle
References
Gnaphalieae
Asteraceae genera
Endemic flora of Australia
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