Brachyscome Cass.
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Brachyscome Cass., Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 199 (1816)
Brachyscome Cass.
Biostatus
Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Present
New Guinea
World Geographic Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions
Nomenclature
Cass.
Cass.
1816
199
Brachycome
conserved
ICN
Brachyscome Cass.
genus
Brachyscome
Classification
Subordinates
- Brachyscome "West Dome"
- Brachyscome (a) (WELT 10278; Ward)
- Brachyscome (b) (CHR 518295; Pareora River)
- Brachyscome (West Dome)
- Brachyscome alpina
- Brachyscome brevifolia
- Brachyscome cuneata
- Brachyscome humilis
- Brachyscome iberidifolia
- Brachyscome linearis
- Brachyscome lineata
- Brachyscome longiscapa
- Brachyscome lucens
- Brachyscome montana
- Brachyscome odorata
- Brachyscome perpusilla
- Brachyscome pinnata
- Brachyscome polita
- Brachyscome radicata
- Brachyscome simplicifolia
- Brachyscome sinclairii
- Brachyscome thomsonii
Descriptions
Brachyscome Cass.
2n = 18
2n = 18
Brachyscome Cass.
Annual or perennial herbs, rarely subshrubs. Lvs alternate, basal or cauline, simple, entire to pinnatifid. Capitula solitary or numerous. Involucral bracts in 2-3 rows, imbricate, herbaceous with membranous margins. Receptacle slightly convex to hemispheric; scales 0. Outer florets ♀, ligulate, in 1 row; ligules white, to pink, blue or purple. Inner florets ☿, tubular, few to numerous. Achenes dimorphic or all similar, terete or compressed, mostly obovoid or oblong, hairy, glandular or glabrous, sometimes with ribs or wings; pappus usually of a ring of small to large free or united simple bristles, sometimes 0.
Taxonomic concepts
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Notes
editorial
Brachycome has been used, a correction to the spelling made by Cassini in 1825, attempts to conserve this spelling were not approved by two Nomenclatural Committees of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy.
The attempts to conserve Brachycome were not approved by two Nomenclatural Committees of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy (in 1993). Brachyscome is the original spelling.
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scientific name
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1 January 2000
10 February 2014