Ewartia | |
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Ewartia planchonii | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Phylum: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
Tribe: | Gnaphalieae |
Genus: | Ewartia Beauverd |
Ewartia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae native to New Zealand and Australia. It is named after a 20th-century botanist and plant collector named Alfred James Ewart. [1] [2]
The flowering plant genus Ipheion belongs to Allioideae, a subfamily of the family Amaryllidaceae. The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families no longer recognize the genus, regarding it as a synonym of Tristagma, although The Plant List accepts two species.
Nothoscordum is a genus of New World plants in the onion tribe within the Amaryllis family. It is probably paraphyletic. The genus is native to North, Central and South America, though a few species have become naturalized in various parts of the Old World.
Arctotis is a genus of annual and perennial plants in the family Asteraceae.
The Gnaphalieae are a tribe of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is most closely related to the tribes Anthemideae, Astereae, and Calenduleae.
Alstroemeria psittacina, with the common names Peruvian lily, parrot flower, parrot lily, lily of the Incas, princess lily and New Zealand Christmas bell. It is found in cerrado and pantanal vegetation in Brazil and Argentina.
Pennantia is the sole genus in the plant family Pennantiaceae. In older classifications, it was placed in the family Icacinaceae. Most authorities have recognised three or four species, depending on whether they recognised Pennantia baylisiana as a separate species from Pennantia endlicheri. British-born botanist David Mabberley has recognised two species.
Gustave Beauverd (1867–1942) was a Swiss botanist, specializing in Pteridophytes, Bryophytes, and Spermatophytes.
Ewartia planchonii, commonly known as creeping cushionherb, is an endemic herb to alpine areas of Tasmania. E. planchonii is commonly found in the western highlands of Tasmania. The Ewartia genus is described as cushion plants/herbs due to the characteristic growth habits of low growing, highly compact mats which are made up of highly packed stems. These mats are slow-growing and are often located in soils that contain low nutrients.
Gymnadenia corneliana is a species of orchid with light-pink petals, found only in the Southwestern Alps in a small region near the France-Italy border. It was first catalogued by Swiss botanist Gustave Beauverd. Some specimens of this orchid display slightly darker petals, although this is uncommon. This flower, like many orchids in its genus, is said to emit a pleasant odor resembling that of vanilla.
Faberia is a genus of Chinese flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Haplocarpha (onefruit) is a genus of African flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Leibnitzia (sunbonnets) is a genus of Asian and North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Stuckertiella is a genus of South American flowering plants in the daisy family.
Parantennaria is a genus of Australian plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae within the family Asteraceae.
Berroa is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae, containing the single species Berroa gnaphalioides. It is native to South America.
Galium × carmineum, common name carmine bedstraw, is a species of the Rubiaceae. It is apparently of hybrid origin though established in the wild, a 3-way cross between G. anisophyllon × G. pumilum × G. rubrum. It is native to mountainous regions of France, Switzerland and Italy.
Micropsis is a genus of South American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Leucogenes is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae, native to New Zealand.
Ewartia is a genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae. There are about eight described species in Ewartia.
Kalanchoe beauverdii is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae. It goes by the common name Beauverd's widow's-thrill.