Pycnosorus

Pycnosorus globosus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Gnaphalieae
Subtribus: Gnaphaliinae
Genus: Pycnosorus
Species: P. chrysanthus – P. eremaeus – P. globosus – P. melleus – P. pleiocephalus – P. thompsonianus

Name

Pycnosorus Benth., Enum. Pl. 63. 1837

• Type species: Pycnosorus globosus F.L.Bauer ex Benth.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Bentham, G. 1837. Enumeratio plantarum quas in Novae Hollandiae ora austro-occidentali ad fluvium Cygnorum et in sinu Regis Georgii collegit Carolus Liber Baro de Hügel 63.

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Pycnosorus. Published online. Accessed: January 24 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Pycnosorus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 January 24. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Pycnosorus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 January 2018.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Pycnosorus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 January 24. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pycnosorus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: Pycnosorus.
• Pycnosorus – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

Vernacular names

English: billy buttons, drumsticks

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