Vittadinia

Belongs within: Astereae.

Vittadinia is an Australasian genus of hairy perennial herbs and subshrubs. Members of section Vittadinia have striate or ribbed faces whereas section Eurybiopsis has flat and smooth faces on the achenes with thickened margins (Black & Robertson 1965).

Characters (Black & Robertson 1965): Perennial herbs or small undershrubs with alternate leaves. Involucre cylindrical or campanulate; bracts narrow, in three to five unequal rows, with scarious margins; receptacle naked; ray-flowers female, about 15–40, ligules narrow, arranged in two or more rows; disk-flowers fewer, tubular, bisexual; anthers obtuse at base; style-branches with subulate appendages above stigmatic lines; achenes narrow, compressed; pappus usually of numerous capillary bristles; achenes and pappus accrescent so that in fruit the latter far surpasses the involucre; hairs of achenes all, or lower hairs only, notched or two-toothed at summit.

<==Vittadinia Rich. 1832A61
    |  i. s.: V. cervicularisKM08
    |           |--V. c. var. cervicularisK90
    |           `--V. c. var. oldfieldiiK90
    |         V. humerataG04
    |         V. sulcataM99
    |--V. sect. VittadiniaBR65
    |    |--V. trilobaBR65 (see below for synonymy)
    |    |    |--V. t. var. trilobaBR65
    |    |    |--V. t. var. dissectaBR65 [=V. australis var. dissectaC06]
    |    |    |--V. ‘australis’ var. erectaC06
    |    |    |--V. t. var. lanuginosaBR65
    |    |    `--V. ‘australis’ var. linearisC06
    |    |--V. pterochaeta [=V. australis var. pterochaeta]BR65
    |    `--V. tenuissima [=V. australis var. tenuissima]BR65
    `--V. sect. EurybiopsisBR65
         |--V. megacephala [=V. australis var. megacephala]BR65
         `--V. scabraBR65

Vittadinia triloba^BR65 [=Brachycome triloba Gaudichaud 1826^BR65; incl. *V. australis Richard 1832^{A61, BR65}, Eurybiopsis australis Hooker 1853^A61]

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[A61] Allan, H. H. 1961. Flora of New Zealand vol. 1. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. R. E. Owen, Government Printer: Wellington (New Zealand).

[BR65] Black, J. M., & E. L. Robertson. 1965. Flora of South Australia. Part IV. Oleaceae–Compositae. W. L. Hawes, Government Printer: Adelaide.

[C06] Cheeseman, T. F. 1906. Manual of the New Zealand Flora. John Mackay, Government Printer: Wellington.

[G04] Gibson, N. 2004. Flora and vegetation of the Eastern Goldfields Ranges: part 6. Mt Manning Range. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 87 (2): 35–47.

[K90] Keighery, G. J. 1990. Vegetation and flora of Shark Bay, Western Australia. In: Berry, P. F., S. D. Bradshaw & B. R. Wilson (eds) Research in Shark Bay: Report of the France-Australe Bicentenary Expedition Committee pp. 61–87. Western Australian Museum.

[KM08] Keighery, G. J., & W. Muir. 2008. Vegetation and vascular flora of Faure Island, Shark Bay, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 75: 11–19.

[M99] Matthews, M. 1999. Heliothine Moths of Australia: A guide to bollworms and related noctuid groups. CSIRO Publishing.