Overview
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Cassinia is a large genus of plants in the family Asteraceae, most or all of which are native to the Southern Hemisphere. It was named for French botanist Alexandre de Cassini.
Species include:
- Orchard
- Cassinia aculeata (Labill.) R.Br. (Dogwood, Common Cassinia, Dolly Bush)
- Cassinia arcuata R.Br. (Chinese Scrub, Drooping Cassinia, Sifton Bush)
- Cassinia aureonitens N.A.Wakef. (Yellow Cassinia)
- Cassinia collina C.T.White
- Cassinia compacta F.Muell.
- Cassinia complanata J.M.Black
- Cassinia copensis Orchard
- Cassinia cuneifolia A.Cunn. ex DC.
- Cassinia cunninghamii DC.
- Cassinia decipiens Orchard
- Cassinia denticulata R.Br. (Stiff Cassinia)
- Cassinia diminuta Orchard
- Cassinia furtiva Orchard
- Cassinia heleniae Orchard
- Cassinia hewsoniae Orchard
- Cassinia laevis R.Br. (Cough Bush, Dead Finish)
- Cassinia lepschii Orchard
- Cassinia leptocephala F.Muell.
- Cassinia longifolia R.Br.
- Cassinia macrocephala Orchard
- Cassinia maritima Orchard
- Cassinia monticola Orchard
- Cassinia nivalis Orchard
- Cassinia ochracea Orchard
- Cassinia ozothamnoides (F.Muell.) Orchard
- Cassinia quinquefaria R.Br.
- Cassinia rugata N.G.Walsh
- Cassinia scabrida Orchard
- Cassinia straminea (Benth.) Orchard
- Cassinia subtropica F.Muell.
- Cassinia tegulata Orchard
- Cassinia telfordii Orchard
- Cassinia tenuifolia Benth. (Bully Bush, Killmoke)
- Cassinia theodori F.Muell.
- Cassinia theresae Orchard
- Cassinia trinerva N.A.Wakef.
- Cassinia uncata A.Cunn. (Sticky Cassinia)
- Cassinia venusta Orchard
- Cassinia wyberbensis Orchard
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Taxonomy
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The Genus Cassinia is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 70 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Genus Cassinia: C. 'Ward Silver' · C. accipitrum · C. aculeata (Cauliflower Bush) · C. adunca · C. alba · C. albida · C. amoena · C. amoenatorta · C. arcuata (Drooping Cassinia) · C. argophylla · C. aurea · C. aureonitens · C. collina · C. comorensis · C. compacta · C. complanata · C. copensis · C. cuneifolia · C. cunninghamii · C. decipiens · C. denticulata · C. diminuta · C. fraseri · C. frazeri · C. fulvida · C. glossophylla · C. hewsoniae · C. laevis · C. ledifolia · C. lepschii · C. leptocephala · C. leptophylla (Cassinia) · C. leptophylla 'Silver Cape' · C. leptophylla fulvida · C. leptophylla vauvilliersii · C. leptophylla vauvilliersii 'Silberschmelze' · C. leptophylla vauvilliersii var. albida · C. longifolia (Shiny Cassinia) · C. macrocephala · C. maritima · C. montana · C. monticola · C. obovata · C. ochracea · C. ozothamnoides · C. pholidota · C. quinquefaria · C. retorta · C. retorta yellow · C. rosmarinifolia · C. rubicunda · C. rugata · C. scabrida · C. spectabilis · C. straminea · C. sturtii · C. subtropica · C. tegulata · C. telfordii · C. tenuifolia · C. theodori · C. theresae · C. trinerva · C. trinervia (Three-Nerved Cassinia) · C. uncata · C. vauvilliersii · C. vauvilliersii (Homb. & Jacq.) Hook.f. var. albida Kirk · C. venusta · C. wyberbensis · C. zenkeri
References
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- Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database, Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra
- New South Wales Flora online: Cassinia
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