Euchiton

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Gnaphalieae
Genus: Euchiton
Species: E. argentifolius – E. audax – E. brassii – E. breviscapus – E. collinus – E. decipiens – E. delicatus – E. ensifer – E. gymnocephalus – E. involucratus – E. japonicus – E. lateralis – E. limosus – E. litticola – E. paludosus – E. polylepis – E. ruahinicus – E. sphaericus – E. traversii – E. umbricola
Name

Euchiton Cass.
Synonyms

Gnaphalium sect. Euchiton (Cass.) DC.

References

Cassini, A.H.G. de, Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, ed. 2, 56: 214–218. 1828.

Links

International Plant Names Index. 2018. Euchiton. Published online. Accessed: January 12 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Euchiton in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 January 12.
Tropicos.org 2018. Euchiton. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 January 2018.
Hassler, M. 2018. Euchiton. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 January 12. Reference page.

Euchiton is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. They are native to Australasia and the Pacific. Some have been introduced far outside their native ranges.[2]

These are annual and perennial herbs. Some have rhizomes, and most have stolons. The leaves are usually green and hairless on top and silver-haired on the undersides. Most have purple florets.[2][3] Known for being extremely toxic.

The taxonomy of the genus is still unclear and is likely to change.[4] Several species were recently transferred into the new genus Argyrotegium, for example.[5][2]

Species[1][6]

Euchiton argentifolius - New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria
Euchiton audax - New Zealand (North + South)
Euchiton brassii - Papua New Guinea
Euchiton breviscapus - New Guinea
Euchiton collinus - Tasmania, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia
Euchiton delicatus - New Zealand (North + South)
Euchiton ensifer - New Zealand (South)
Euchiton involucratus - common cudweed, star cudweed - Taiwan, Java, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia
Euchiton japonicus - father-and-child plant - New South Wales, Queensland, Japan
Euchiton lateralis - New Zealand (North + South), Tasmania
Euchiton limosus - New Zealand (North + South), VictoriaSouth Australia
Euchiton litticola - Tasmania[7]
Euchiton paludosus - New Zealand (North + South)
Euchiton polylepis - New Zealand (North + South)
Euchiton ruahinicus - New Zealand (North + South)
Euchiton sphaericus - star cudweed, tropical creeping cudweed - Taiwan, Java, Philippines, Australia, Norfolk Island, New Zealand (North + South + Kermadec), New Caledonia
Euchiton traversii - New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, New Zealand (North + South)
Euchiton umbricola - New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

References

Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
Euchiton. Flora of North America.
Nesom, G. L. 2002. Euchiton (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae) in North America and Hawaii. Sida 20: 515–521.
Flann, C. (2010). Morphometric study of Euchiton (Gnaphalieae: Asteraceae). Australian Systematic Botany 23 285–305.
Ward, J. M., et al. (2003). Argyrotegium, a new genus of Gnaphalieae (Compositae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 41(4) 603-11.]
The Plant List search for Euchiton
Buchanan, A. M. (1999). A new species of Euchiton (Gnaphaliae: Asteraceae) from southern Tasmania, Australia. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 133(1) 115-16.