Xerochrysum

Xerochrysum
	Xerochrysum subundulatum; Alpine everlasting
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Gnaphalieae
Genus:	Xerochrysum; Tzvelev
Species
	See text

Xerochrysum (syn. Bracteantha) is a genus of flowering plants native to Australia. It was defined by Russian botanist Nikolai Tzvelev in 1990, preceding (and taking precedence over) Bracteantha which was described the following year.^[1]^[2] A 2002 molecular study of the tribe Gnaphalieae has indicated the genus is probably polyphyletic, with X. bracteatum and X. viscosum quite removed from each other.^[3]

Cultivar of
Xerochrysum bracteatum

Xerochrysum viscosum Sticky Everlasting

Xerochrysum bicolor

Species

This genus and its species names were formerly included in Bracteantha and before that in Helichrysum.

As of January 2014^[update] the authoritative Australian Plant Name Index recognises seven formally named species and five accepted species awaiting formal naming, description and publication:^[4]

Xerochrysum bicolor (Lindl.) R.J.Bayer – Tasmania
Xerochrysum bracteatum (Vent.) Tzvelev, Strawflower or golden everlasting – NSW, Vic, Tas, SA, Qld, NT, WA
Xerochrysum collierianum A.M.Buchanan – Tasmania
Xerochrysum palustre (Flann) R.J.Bayer, Swamp everlasting, syn.: Bracteantha sp. aff. subundulata – Vic, Tas
Xerochrysum papillosum (Labill.) R.J.Bayer – Vic, Tas
Xerochrysum subundulatum (Sch.Bip.) R.J.Bayer, Alpine everlasting or orange everlasting – NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas
Xerochrysum viscosum (Sieber ex DC.) R.J.Bayer, Sticky everlasting – NSW, ACT, Qld, Vic

Species provisionally named, described and accepted by the authoritative Australian Plant Name Index while awaiting formal publication

Xerochrysum sp. Glencoe (M.Gray 4401) NE Herbarium – Qld, NSW
Xerochrysum sp. Mt Merino [Lamington National Park] (S.T.Blake 22869) NE Herbarium – Qld, NSW
Xerochrysum sp. New England (L.M.Copeland 3731) NE Herbarium – NSW
Xerochrysum sp. North Stradbroke Island (L.Durrington 675) NE Herbarium – Qld, NSW
Xerochrysum sp. Point Lookout (I.R.Telford 12830) NE Herbarium – NSW

References

^ Bayer, R. J. (2001). "Xerochrysum Tzvelev, a pre-existing generic name for Bracteantha Anderb. & Haegi (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae)". Kew Bulletin. 56 (4): 1013–1015. doi:10.2307/4119317. JSTOR 4119317.
^ Wilson, Paul G. (2002). "Xerochrysum the correct name for the genus Bracteantha". Australian Plants. 21 (173): 398.
^ Randall J. Bayer; David G. Greber; Neil H. Bagnall (2002). "Phylogeny of Australian Gnaphalieae (Asteraceae) Based on Chloroplast and Nuclear Sequences, the trnL Intron, trnL/trnF Intergenic Spacer, matK, and ETS". Systematic Botany. 27 (4): 801–14. doi:10.1043/0363-6445-27.4.801.
^ "Xerochrysum". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 12 Jan 2014.

External links

ASGAP: Xerochrysum bracteatum and Xerochrysum subundulatum
PlantNET: Xerochrysum
PlantNET: Key to Xerochrysum

[Bayer-2001-1] Bayer, R. J. (2001). "Xerochrysum Tzvelev, a pre-existing generic name for Bracteantha Anderb. & Haegi (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae)". Kew Bulletin. 56 (4): 1013–1015. doi:10.2307/4119317. JSTOR 4119317.

[AP173-2] Wilson, Paul G. (2002). "Xerochrysum the correct name for the genus Bracteantha". Australian Plants. 21 (173): 398.

[3] Randall J. Bayer; David G. Greber; Neil H. Bagnall (2002). "Phylogeny of Australian Gnaphalieae (Asteraceae) Based on Chloroplast and Nuclear Sequences, the trnL Intron, trnL/trnF Intergenic Spacer, matK, and ETS". Systematic Botany. 27 (4): 801–14. doi:10.1043/0363-6445-27.4.801.

[APNI-4] "Xerochrysum". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 12 Jan 2014.

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