Ozothamnus occidentalis

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Ozothamnus occidentalis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Ozothamnus
Species:
O. occidentalis
Binomial name
Ozothamnus occidentalis

Ozothamnus occidentalis (common name rough-leaved everlasting) [2] is a shrub in the family Asteraceae (the daisy family), [1] native to Western Australia. [3]

The species was first described as Helichrysum occidentale in 1958 by Nancy Burbidge, [1] [4] , and was transferred to the genus, Ozothamnus in 1991, by Arne Anderberg. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ozothamnus occidentalis". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. "Ozothamnus occidentalis". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  3. "Ozothamnus occidentalis (N,T.Burb) Anderb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  4. NT Burbidge (1958). "A monographic study of Helichrysum subgenus Ozothamnus (Compositae) and of two related genera formerly included therein". Australian Journal of Botany . 6 (3): 256. doi:10.1071/BT9580229. ISSN   0067-1924. Wikidata   Q95996204.
  5. Arne A. Anderberg (1991). "Taxonomy and phylogeny of the tribe Gnaphalieae (Asteraceae)". Opera Botanica. 104: 89. ISSN   0078-5237. Wikidata   Q107454156.