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
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 ...
n and
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...
n plants in the tribe
Mutisieae
Mutisieae is a tribe of the family Asteraceae, subfamily Mutisioideae.
Genera
Mutisieae genera recognized by the Global Compositae Database as of June 2022:
*'' Adenocaulon''
*'' Amblysperma''
*'' Brachyclados''
*'' Chaetanthera''
*'' Chapt ...
within 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 ...
. It consists of one species from
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 ...
''(T. spathulata)'' and twenty-three from
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...
.
Its closest relatives are ''
Chaptalia
''Chaptalia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
''Chaptalia'' is native primarily to Mesoamerica, South America, and the West Indies, with a few species in the United States
The United States of America (USA), also ...
'', ''
Gerbera
''Gerbera'' ( or ) L. is a genus of plants in the Asteraceae (Compositae) family. The first scientific description of a ''Gerbera'' was made by J. D. Hooker in Curtis's Botanical Magazine in 1889 when he described '' Gerbera jamesonii'', a S ...
'', ''
Leibnitzia
''Leibnitzia'' (sunbonnets) is a genus of Asian and North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
The genus is named for Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz (1646-1716), German scientist and mathematician
; SpeciesPerdicium'', and ''
Oreoseris
''Oreoseris'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to Anatolia, Central Asia, the Himalaya region, and Thailand. Originally described in 1838, it was resurrected with the Asian species of ''Gerbera'' and all the species ...
''. Together they form the ''Gerbera'' complex in the tribe
Mutisieae
Mutisieae is a tribe of the family Asteraceae, subfamily Mutisioideae.
Genera
Mutisieae genera recognized by the Global Compositae Database as of June 2022:
*'' Adenocaulon''
*'' Amblysperma''
*'' Brachyclados''
*'' Chaetanthera''
*'' Chapt ...
Chaptalia
''Chaptalia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
''Chaptalia'' is native primarily to Mesoamerica, South America, and the West Indies, with a few species in the United States
The United States of America (USA), also ...
Criscia
''Criscia'' is a genus of South American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
;SpeciesRichterago
''Richterago'' is a genus of Brazilian 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 A ...