Calomeria
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Calomeria Vent. |
| Species: | C. amaranthoides |
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| Calomeria amaranthoides Vent. |
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Calomeria is a plant genus with a single species Calomeria amaranthoides (Incense Plant) which is native to New South Wales and Victoria in Australia.[1]
Other species which were formerly included in this genus have been reassigned to other genera including Basedowia, Cassinia, Helichrysum, Humeocline and Thiseltonia.[2]
[edit] Description
Calomeria amaranthoides is a tall, fragrant biennial herb, growing to 3.5 metres in height. It has sticky stems and leaves which are green above and whitish beneath and are up to 15 cm long and 5 cm wide. Its flowers appear in large brown to red plumes in the summer (January to April in its native range).[3]
[edit] Taxonomy
The genus was first formally described by E.P. Ventenat in Jardin de la Malmaison in 1804.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "Calomeria amranthoides Vent.". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Calomeria~amaranthoides. Retrieved 2008-04-14.
- ^ a b "Calomeria". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=CALOMERIA. Retrieved 2008-04-14.
- ^ Costermans, L. (1981). Native Trees and Shrubs of South-eastern Australia. Australia: Rigby. ISBN 072701403x.
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