Stylidium ''Stylidium'' (also known as triggerplants or trigger plants) is a genus of dicotyledonous plants that belong to the family Stylidiaceae. The genus name ''Stylidium'' is derived from the Greek ''στύλος'' or ''stylos'' (column or pillar), w ...

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''Alsinoida'' is a taxonomic rank under ''Stylidium'' subgenus '' Andersonia''. In his 1908 monograph on the family

Stylidiaceae The family Stylidiaceae is a taxon of dicotyledonous flowering plants. It consists of five genera with over 240 species, most of which are endemic to Australia and New Zealand. Members of Stylidiaceae are typically grass-like herbs or small shru ...

Johannes Mildbraed Gottfried Wilhelm Johannes Mildbraed (19 December 1879 – 24 December 1954) was a German botanist that specialized in mosses, ferns, and various spermatophytes. He is well known for authoring the most current monograph and taxonomic treatment of ...

had established the subgenus ''Alsinoides'' for species related to '' S. alsinoides'', which were morphologically similar to species of subgenus ''Andersonia''. In 2000, A.R. Bean published a taxonomic revision of subgenus ''Andersonia'' and reduced subgenus ''Alsinoides'' to sectional rank, renamed ''Alsinoida''.Bean, A.R. (2000). A revision of ''Stylidium'' subg. ''Andersonia'' (R.Br. ex G.Don) Mildbr. (Stylidiaceae). ''Austrobaileya'' 5(4): 589-649.

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