Leptorhynchos
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Leptorhynchos is a genus
of annual or perennial herbs in the family Asteraceae
. All species are endemic to Australia
. These include:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of annual or perennial herbs in the family Asteraceae
Asteraceae
The Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...
. All species are endemic to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. These include:
- Leptorhynchos baileyi F.Muell. - Woolly Buttons
- Leptorhynchos elongatus DC. - Lanky Buttons
- Leptorhynchos linearis Less.
- Leptorhynchos melanocarpus Paul G.Wilson
- Leptorhynchos nitidulus DC.
- Leptorhynchos orientalis Paul G.Wilson
- Leptorhynchos panaetioides (DC.) Benth.
- Leptorhynchos panaetioides (DC.) Benth. - Woolly Buttons
- Leptorhynchos scaber (Benth.) Haegi
- Leptorhynchos squamatus (Labill.) Less.
- Leptorhynchos tenuifolius F.Muell.
- Leptorhynchos tetrachaetus (Schldl.) J.M.Black - Beauty Buttons
- Leptorhynchos waitzia Sond. - Button Immortelle