Bedfordia
| Bedfordia | |
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| Bedfordia arborescens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Senecioneae |
| Genus: | Bedfordia DC.[1] |
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Bedfordia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. The genus includes 3 species, all endemic to Australia.
Description[edit]
Bedfordia are shrubs or small trees.
- Stems and leaves
- The young branches and lower surface of leaves and the whorl that surrounds the flower heads are densely covered with short matted and stellate hairs.[2]
- Leaves grow first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along the branches; not paired. Leaf edges are entire or with irregular rounded scallops, and have leaf stalks.[2]
- Flowers
- Heads in dense axillary branched cluster which is shorter than the leaves. Flower heads have a flat circular shape; and are surrounded by a hairy bract which is at base. Tubular, bisexual florets, scarcely longer than the bract.[2]
- Fruits and reproduction
- Cylindrical, grooved and not hairy achenes. Pappus bristles are finely toothed and twice as long as achenes.[2] B. salicina intergrades with B. arborescens (a tree) and B. linearis (a shrub).
Taxonomy[edit]
The genus was first formally described by Swiss botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in the second volume of Archives de Botanique in 1833.[3] The genus name honours John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford.[4]
- Species[3]
- Bedfordia arborescens (tree blanket leaf) - eastern Australia
- Senecio bedfordii F.Muell
- Bedfordia linearis (slender blanket leaf) - Tasmania
- Cacalia linearis Labill.
- Culcitium lineare (Labill.) Spreng.
- Senecio billardierei F.Muell.
- Bedfordia salicina DC. (blanket leaf) - Tasmania
- Cacalia salicina Labill.
- Culcitium salicinum (Labill.) Spreng.
References[edit]
- ^ Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) (1996-09-17). "Genus: Bedfordia DC". Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
- ^ a b c d G. J. Harden. "Genus Bedfordia". PlantNET - The Plant Information Network System of Botanic Gardens Trust. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
- ^ a b Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). "Bedfordia DC". Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Retrieved 2008-04-15.
- ^ Corrick, M.G. & Fuhrer, B.A. (2001). Wildflowers of Victoria and adjoining areas. Australia: Bloomings Books. ISBN 1876473142.
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