Coronidium
| Coronidium | |
|---|---|
| Coronidium elatum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Gnaphalieae |
| Genus: | Coronidium Paul G.Wilson[1] |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Coronidium is a genus of about 21 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Plants in the genus Coronidium are perennial herbs with disc-like heads of flowers, surrounded by several rows of involucral bracts, the florets usually bisexual with narrowly cylindrical petals forming a tube. After flowering, glabous, oblong cypselas form with a bristly pappus.[2][3][4]
Taxonomy
The genus Coronidium was first formally described in 2008 by Paul G.Wilson in the journal Nuytsia. The type species is Coronidium oxylepis, previously known as Helichrysum oxylepis, formally described in 1858 by Ferdinand von Mueller in his Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae from specimens collected on Moreton Island.[2][5] The species name is derived from the Greek words korone meaning 'a crown' and the diminutive -idion, referring to the short pappus crown in the Coronidium oxylepis group of species.[2]
Distribution
The genus Coronidium is endemic to eastern Australia, apart from two species that also occur in South Australia and one that extends into Tasmania.[2]
Species list
The following is a list of Coroniudium species accepted by the Australian Plant Census as at March 2026:[6]
- Coronidium adenophorum (F.Muell.) Paul G. Wilson – branched everlasting (S.A., Vic.)
- Coronidium boormanii (Maiden & Betche) Paul G. Wilson (Qld., N.S.W.)
- Coronidium cymosum Paul G. Wilson (Qld.)
- Coronidium densifolium J.M.Black ex N.G.Walsh – dense everlasting (S.A.)
- Coronidium elatum (A.Cunn. ex DC.) Paul G. Wilson – white paper daisy, tall everlasting (Qld., N.S.W., Vic.)
- Coronidium flavum Paul G. Wilson (Qld.)
- Coronidium fulvidum Paul G. Wilson (Qld.)
- Coronidium glutinosum (Hook.) Paul G. Wilson (Qld.)
- Coronidium gunnianum (Hook.) N.G.Walsh – pale swamp everlasting, pale everlasting, Gunn's everlasting (N.S.W., Vic., S.A., Tas.)
- Coronidium kaputaricum Paul G. Wilson (N.S.W.)
- Coronidium lanosum Paul G. Wilson (Qld.)
- Coronidium lanuginosum (A.Cunn. ex DC.) Paul G. Wilson
- Coronidium lindsayanum (Domin) Paul G. Wilson
- Coronidium monticola N.G.Walsh
- Coronidium newcastlianum (Domin) Paul G. Wilson
- Coronidium oxylepis (F.Muell.) Paul G. Wilson
- Coronidium rupicola (DC.) Paul G. Wilson
- Coronidium rutidolepis (DC.) N.G.Walsh (N.S.W.)
- Coronidium scorpioides (Labill.) Paul G. Wilson – button everlasting
- Coronidium telfordii Paul G. Wilson
- Coronidium waddelliae (J.H.Willis) Paul G. Wilson
References
- ^ a b "Coronidium". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- ^ a b c d Wilson, Paul G. (2008). "Coronidium, a new Australian genus in the Gnaphalieae (Asteraceae)". Nuytsia. 18: 300–301. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- ^ Klazenga, Niels; Messina, Andre. "Coronidium". Royal Botanic Gardens, Victoria. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- ^ "Genus Coronidium". Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- ^ "Coronidium". APNI. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- ^ "Coronidium". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 14 March 2026.