Maireana thesioides

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Maireana thesioides
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Maireana
Species:
M. thesioides
Binomial name
Maireana thesioides
Synonyms [1]

Kochia thesioides C.A.Gardner

Maireana thesioides (common name - Mulga blue-bush) [2] is a plant in the Amaranthaceae family, native to Western Australia. [1]

It was first described as Kochia thesioides by Charles Austin Gardner in 1941 or 1942, [3] [4] but was transferred to the genus, Maireana in 1975 by Paul Graham Wilson. [3] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Maireana thesioides (C.A.Gardner) Paul G.Wilson | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". powo.science.kew.org. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  2. Paul G.Wilson (2020). "Maireana thesioides". Flora of Australia. Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Maireana thesioides". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  4. Gardner, C.A. (1941-1942). "Contributiones Florae Australiae Occidentalis, XI". Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 27: 172.
  5. P.G. Wilson (1975). "A taxonomic revision of the genus Maireana (Chenopodiaceae)". Nuytsia . 2 (1): 45. ISSN   0085-4417. Wikidata   Q100730478.