Interesting Facts
Description
Family Compositae
The largest family of flowering plants , the Compositae (Asteraceae), comprising about 1,100 genera and more than 20,000 species and characterized by many small flowers arranged in a head looking like a single flower and subtended by an involucre of bracts. A head may consist of both ray flowers and disk flowers, as in the sunflower, of disk flowers only, as in the burdock, or of ray flowers only, as in the dandelion.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Asteridae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Campanulanae
()
- Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
- Order:
Asterales
()
- Lindley, 1833
- Family:
Compositae
()
- Giseke, 1792, nom. cons., nom. alt.
- Subfamily:
Asteroideae
()
- Tribe:
Astereae
()
- Subtribe:
Brachycominae
()
- Genus:
Brachycome
()
- Cass., 1825
- Specific epithet:
radicans
- Steetz
- Botanical name: - Brachycome radicans Steetz
- Specific epithet:
radicans
- Steetz
- Genus:
Brachycome
(
- Subtribe:
Brachycominae
(
- Tribe:
Astereae
(
- Subfamily:
Asteroideae
(
- Family:
Compositae
(
- Order:
Asterales
(
- Superorder:
Campanulanae
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Brachycome
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 28 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
B. basaltica (Swamp Daisy) · B. cardiocarpa (Swamp Daisy) · B. ciliaris (Variable Daisy) · B. decipiens (Field Daisy) · B. diversifolia (Tall Daisy) · B. graminea (Grass Daisy) · B. iberidifolia (Swan River Daisy) · B. iberidifolia 'Blue Splendor' (Swan River Daisy) · B. iberidifolia 'Blue Star' (Swan River Daisy) · B. iberidifolia 'Brachy Blue' (Swan River Daisy) · B. iberidifolia 'Bravo Mixed' (Swan River Daisy) · B. iberidifolia 'Mini Yellow' (Swan River Daisy) · B. iberidifolia 'Purple Splendor' (Swan River Daisy) · B. iberidifolia 'White Splendor' (Swan River Daisy) · B. melanocarpa 'Pink Swirl' (Rock Daisy) · B. multifida (Hawkesbury River Daisy) · B. nivalis (Snow Daisy) · B. rigidula (Leafy Daisy) · B. spathulata (Spoon Daisy) · B. 'Blue Zephyr' (Swan River Daisy) · B. 'Burgundy' (Swan River Daisy) · B. 'California Pink' (Swan River Daisy) · B. 'City Lights' (Swan River Daisy) · B. 'Compact Pink' (Swan River Daisy) · B. 'Jumbo Mauve' (Swan River Daisy) · B. 'Mauve Delight' (Swan River Daisy) · B. 'New Amethyst' (Swan River Daisy) · B. 'Toucan Tango' (Swan River Daisy)
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Further Reading
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url p. 166, p. 167, p. 240.
- The Tasmanian flora. Hobart, Tasmania, J. Vail, Govt. Printer, 1903. url .
- The Victorian naturalist. [Melbourne]Field Naturalists Club of Victoria. url p. 55.
- Transactions and proceedings of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. [Edinburgh]: The Society, 1891-1970. url p. 367, p. 367.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 16, 2007:
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3443234
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16121657
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1048689
