Keysseria

Keysseria (island-daisy)[3] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[1][4] It includes 11 species, all of which are native to New Guinea with one species (Keysseria gibbisae) also native to northern Borneo.[2]

Keysseria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Astereae
Subtribe: Lagenophorinae
Genus: Keysseria
Lauterb.
Type species
Keysseria papuana[1]
Lauterb. (1914)
Species[2]

11; see text

Synonyms[2]

Hecatactis F.Muell. ex Mattf. (1929), nom. superfl.

Species

11 species are accepted.[2]

  • Keysseria bellidiformis (F.Muell.) Mattf. – montane New Guinea
  • Keysseria extensa J.Kost. – montane New Guinea
  • Keysseria fasciculata J.Kost. – montane New Guinea
  • Keysseria gibbsiae (Merr.) Cabrera ex Steenis – northern Borneo and New Guinea
  • Keysseria papuana Lauterb. – montane New Guinea
  • Keysseria pinguiculiformis J.Kost. – montane New Guinea
  • Keysseria radicans (F.Muell.) Mattf. – montane New Guinea
  • Keysseria rosulans J.Kost. – montane New Guinea
  • Keysseria tomentella Mattf. – montane New Guinea
  • Keysseria trachyphylla (Mattf.) Mattf. – New Guinea
  • Keysseria wollastonii (S.Moore) Mattf. – montane New Guinea

Formerly placed here

  • Helodeaster erici (C.N.Forbes) G.L.Nesom (as Keysseria erici (C.N.Forbes) Cabrera)[5]
  • Helodeaster helenae (C.N.Forbes & Lydgate) G.L.Nesom as (Keysseria helenae (C.N.Forbes & Lydgate) Cabrera)[5][6]
  • Helodeaster maviensis (H.Mann) G.L.Nesom (as Keysseria maviensis (H.Mann) Cabrera)[5]
  • Pytinicarpa pickeringii (A.Gray) G.L.Nesom (as Keysseria pickeringii (A.Gray) Cabrera)[7]

References

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