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[[File:Ianethifolius maranoa.jpg|thumb|''Isopogon anethifolius'', [[Maranoa Gardens]]]]
[[File:Ianethifolius maranoa.jpg|thumb|''Isopogon anethifolius'', [[Maranoa Gardens]]]]


'''''Isopogon''''' is a genus of about forty species of mainly low-growing and [[prostrate shrub|prostrate]] perennial [[shrubs]] in the family [[Proteaceae]] that are [[Endemism|endemic]] to Australia. They are found throughout Australia, though [[Western Australia]] has the greatest variety with 27 of the 35 species found there. They are popularly known as drumsticks due to the shape of their inflorescences.
'''''Isopogon''''' is a genus of about forty species of mainly low-growing and [[prostrate shrub|prostrate]] perennial [[shrubs]] in the family [[Proteaceae]] that are [[Endemism|endemic]] to Australia. They are found throughout Australia, though [[Western Australia]] has the greatest variety with about thirty species found there. They are popularly known as drumsticks due to the shape of their inflorescences.


Several species are grown in gardens, though they are nowhere near as well known or cultivated as their fellow Proteaceae members ''[[Grevillea]]'' or ''[[Banksia]]''.
Several species are grown in gardens, though they are nowhere near as well known or cultivated as their fellow Proteaceae members ''[[Grevillea]]'' or ''[[Banksia]]''.

Revision as of 11:54, 14 November 2020

Isopogon
Isopogon cuneatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Subfamily: Proteoideae
Tribe: Leucadendreae
Subtribe: Isopogoninae
Genus: Isopogon
R.Br. ex Knight[1]
Type species
Isopogon anemonifolius[2]
Species

35 spp.

Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium
Isopogon anethifolius, Maranoa Gardens

Isopogon is a genus of about forty species of mainly low-growing and prostrate perennial shrubs in the family Proteaceae that are endemic to Australia. They are found throughout Australia, though Western Australia has the greatest variety with about thirty species found there. They are popularly known as drumsticks due to the shape of their inflorescences.

Several species are grown in gardens, though they are nowhere near as well known or cultivated as their fellow Proteaceae members Grevillea or Banksia.

Taxonomy

The genus Isopogon was first formally described in 1809 by Joseph Knight On the cultivation of the plants belonging to the natural order of Proteeae, preempting publication of the same name by Robert Brown in his book On the natural order of plants called Proteaceae.[2][3]

Genetics

Isopogon have 13 haploid chromosomes.[4]

Species list

The following is a list of species, subspecies and varieties of Isopogon accepted by the Australian Plant Census as at November 2020:[5]

References

  1. ^ "Isopogon". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Isopogon". APNI. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  3. ^ Knight, Joseph (1809). On the cultivation of the plants belonging to the natural order of Proteeae. London: William Savage. pp. 93–94. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  4. ^ Ramsay, H. P. (1963). "Chromosome numbers in the proteaceae". Australian Journal of Botany. 11: 1. doi:10.1071/BT9630001.
  5. ^ "Isopogon R.Br. ex Knight". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  • Foreman, DB (1995). "Isopogon". In McCarthy, Patrick (ed.). Flora of Australia: Volume 16: Eleagnaceae, Proteaceae 1. CSIRO Publishing / Australian Biological Resources Study. pp. 194–223. ISBN 0-643-05693-9.

External links

  • Media related to Isopogon at Wikimedia Commons