Belongs within: Astereae.
Contains: Celmisia subsection Angustatae, Celmisia subsection Imbricatae, Celmisia subsection Rosulatae.
Celmisia, mountain daisies, is a genus of perennial herbs or subshrubs found primarily in New Zealand with a few species known from Australia (Allan 1961).
Characters (from Allan 1961): Perennial herbs or subshrubs of diverse habit; leaves densely tufted or imbricate along brnaches; usually tomentose, at least on lower surface, petioled or lamina passing almost directly into persistent sheath. Capitula solitary on bracted scapes (rarely with branched scapes). Phyllaries usually numerous, imbricate in several to occasionally rather many series, narrow; receptacle pitted, sometimes strongly so, more or less convex. Ray-florets pistillate, usually in one row, often numerous; limb white, rarely flushed lilac to pale mauve or very pale yellow. Disk-florets perfect, numerous, corolla funnelform to tubular, five-toothed, yellow (rarely purple or very pale yellow). Anthers more or less sagittate, tails, if present, very short. Style-arms flattened, apically appendaged. Achenes usually more or less narrow-cylindric and ribbed, hairy to glabrous; pappus of usually numerous unequal strongly to weakly barbellate hairs.
<==Celmisia Cass. 1825 (nom. cons.) [incl. Elcismia Robinson 1913]A61 | i. s.: C. campbellensis Chapman 1891 (n. d.) [incl. C. chapmanii Kirk 1891]A61 | C. × compacta Cheeseman 1925A61 | C. lechleri Sch. Bip. 1856A61 | C. × linearis Armst. 1881 [C. gracilenta × C. sessiliflora]A61 | C. novae-zelandiae (Buchanan) Cheeseman 1925 (n. d.) [=Erigeron novae-zelandiae Buchanan 1885]A61 | C. polyvena Simpson & Thomson 1942 (n. d.)A61 | C. ruahinensis Colenso 1895 (n. d.)A61 |--C. sect. Celmisia [=C. sect. Herbaceae Allan 1961 (nom. inv.)]A61 | | i. s.: C. × boweana Petrie 1912 [C. coriacea × C. spectabilis]A61 | | C. × christensenii Cockayne 1914 [C. spectabilis × C. traversii]A61 | | C. × lanigera Petrie 1916 (see below for synonymy)A61 | | C. × mollis Cockayne 1899 (see below for synonymy)A61 | | C. × morrisonii Cockayne 1914 [C. coriacea × C. traversii]A61 | | C. × pseudo-lyallii (Cheeseman) Cockayne 1910 (see below for synonymy)A61 | |--C. subsect. AngustataeA61 | |--C. subsect. Caespitosae Allan 1961A61 | | |--C. (subsect. *C.) bellidioides Hooker 1864A61 | | |--C. parva Kirk 1895A61 | | `--C. thomsonii Cheeseman 1916A61 | |--C. subsect. Pelliculatae Allan 1961A61 | | |--C. (subsect. *P.) coriacea (Forster) Hooker 1844 (see below for synonymy)A61 | | | |--C. c. var. coriaceaA61 | | | |--C. c. var. semicordata (Petrie) Cheeseman 1925 [=C. semicordata Petrie 1914]A61 | | | `--C. c. var. stricta Cockayne 1913A61 | | |--C. dubia Cheeseman 1906A61 | | `--C. monroi Hooker 1864 (see below for synonymy)A61 | |--C. subsect. Petiolatae Allan 1961A61 | | |--C. ser. Niveae Allan 1961A61 | | | |--C. (subsect. *P. ser. *N.) petiolata Hooker 1864A61 | | | | |--C. p. var. petiolataA61 | | | | `--C. p. var. membranacea Kirk 1899 non C. membranacea Colenso 1890A61 | | | `--C. rutlandii Kirk 1895A61 | | |--C. ser. Acuminatae Allan 1961A61 | | | `--C. (ser. *A.) mackaui Raoul 1846 [incl. C. coriacea Raoul 1844 non Aster coriaceus Forster 1786]A61 | | |--C. ser. Ferrugineae Allan 1961A61 | | | |--C. (ser. *F.) traversii Hooker 1864A61 | | | |--C. cordatifolia Buchan. 1879 (see below for synonymy)A61 | | | | |--C. c. var. cordatifoliaA61 | | | | `--C. c. var. similis Martin 1935A61 | | | |--C. praestans Allan 1947A61 | | | `--C. rigida (Kirk) Cockayne 1909 [=C. petiolata var. rigida Kirk 1899]A61 | | `--C. ser. Pallidae Allan 1961A61 | | |--C. (ser. *P.) verbascifolia Hooker 1853 [incl. C. brownii Chapman 1890]A61 | | `--C. hookeri Cockayne 1915A61 | |--C. subsect. Serratae Allan 1961A61 | | |--C. (subsect. *S.) holosericea (Forster) Hooker 1844 [=Aster holosericeus Forster 1786]A61 | | |--C. dallii Buchan. 1882A61 | | `--C. hieracifolia Hooker 1853A61 | | |--C. h. var. hieracifoliaA61 | | |--C. h. var. gracilis Allan 1961A61 | | `--C. h. var. oblonga Kirk 1895A61 | |--C. subsect. Spectabiles Allan 1961A61 | | `--C. (subsect. *S.) spectabilis Hooker 1844 [incl. C. spectabilis var. albo-marginata Martin 1935]A61 | | |--C. s. var. spectabilisA61 | | |--C. s. var. angustifolia Martin 1935 non C. angustifolia Cockayne 1915A61 | | `--C. s. var. magnifica Allan 1947A61 | `--C. subsect. Stoloniferae Allan 1961A61 | |--C. ser. Elongatae Allan 1961A61 | | |--C. (subsect. *S. ser. *E.) prorepens Petrie 1887A61 | | `--C. glabrescens Petrie 1915A61 | |--C. ser. Abbreviatae Allan 1961A61 | | `--C. (ser. *A.) densiflora Hooker 1864A61 | `--C. ser. Glandulosae Allan 1961A61 | `--C. (ser. *G.) glandulosa Hooker 1853 [incl. C. membranacea Colenso 1890]A61 | |--C. g. var. glandulosa [incl. C. glandulosa var. vera Cockayne 1917]A61 | |--C. g. var. latifolia Cockayne 1917A61 | `--C. g. var. longiscapa Cockayne 1917A61 |--C. sect. Antarcticae Allan 1961A61 | `--C. (sect. *A.) vernicosa Hooker 1844A61 | |--C. v. var. vernicosaA61 | `--C. v. var. mollicula Allan 1961A61 `--C. sect. Lignosae Allan 1961A61 |--C. subsect. ImbricataeA61 `--C. subsect. RosulataeA61 Nomina nuda: Celmisia nigrescensA61 Celmisia nobilisA61
Celmisia cordatifolia Buchan. 1879 [=C. petiolata var. cordatifolia (Buchan.) Kirk 1899; incl. C. cordatifolia var. brockettii Martin 1935]A61
Celmisia coriacea (Forster) Hooker 1844 [=Aster coriaceus Forster 1786; incl. C. coriacea f. corymbifera Kirk 1899, C. coriacea var. ensata Kirk 1899, C. flaccida Cockayne 1899, C. coriacea f. foliacea Kirk 1899, C. coriacea var. lancifolia Cheeseman 1925, C. martini Buchan. 1887]A61
Celmisia × lanigera Petrie 1916 [=C. coriacea var. lanigera (Petrie) Cheeseman 1925; C. petiolata × C. spectabilis]A61
Celmisia × mollis Cockayne 1899 [=C. spectabilis var. mollis (Cockayne) Cheeseman 1925; C. petiolata × C. spectabilis]A61
Celmisia monroi Hooker 1864 [incl. C. monroi var. conspicua Martin 1935, C. monroi var. robusta Martin 1935 non C. robusta Buchan. 1887]A61
Celmisia × pseudo-lyallii (Cheeseman) Cockayne 1910 [=C. lyallii var. pseudo-lyallii Cheeseman 1906; C. lyallii × C. spectabilis]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).