Leucochrysum
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Leucochrysum is a genus
of flowering plant
s in the family Asteraceae
, endemic to Australia
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Species 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 flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s 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...
, 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...
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Species include:
- Leucochrysum albicansLeucochrysum albicansLeucochrysum albicans, commonly known as Hoary Sunray, is a species in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to Australia. It grows to 45 cm high and has grey-green woolly leaves that are between 2.5 and 10 cm long and 1 to 9 mm wide. The flowerheads appear between spring and summer...
(A.Cunn.) Paul G.Wilson - Leucochrysum fitzgibbonii (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
- Leucochrysum graminifolium (Paul G.Wilson) Paul G.Wilson
- Leucochrysum molle (A.Cunn. ex DC.) Paul G.Wilson
- Leucochrysum stipitatum (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson