Xerochrysum

Genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae native to Australia

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

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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
Xerochrysum palustre

Species

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

As of September 2024[update] the authoritative Australian Plant Census recognises thirteen formally named species and five accepted species awaiting formal naming, description and publication:[4]

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

A large scale molecular study conducted in 2022 expands the number of Xerochrysum species to 24, but as of 2024 has not been used for the Australian Plant Census.[5]

References

  1. ^ Bayer, R. J. (2001). "Xerochrysum Tzvelev, a pre-existing generic name for Bracteantha Anderb. & Haegi (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae)". Kew Bulletin. 56 (4): 1013–1015. Bibcode:2001KewBu..56.1013B. doi:10.2307/4119317. JSTOR 4119317.
  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 (inactive 31 January 2024).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (link)
  4. ^ "Vascular Plants". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  5. ^ Collins, Timothy L.; Schmidt-Lebuhn, Alexander N.; Andrew, Rose L.; Telford, Ian R. H.; Bruhl, Jeremy J. (2022-06-09). "There's gold in them thar hills! Morphology and molecules delimit species in Xerochrysum (Asteraceae; Gnaphalieae) and reveal many new taxa". Australian Systematic Botany. 35 (2): 120–185. doi:10.1071/SB21014. ISSN 1446-5701.
  • Media related to Xerochrysum at Wikimedia Commons
  • ASGAP: Xerochrysum bracteatum and Xerochrysum subundulatum
  • PlantNET: Xerochrysum
  • PlantNET: Key to Xerochrysum
Taxon identifiers
Xerochrysum