Ptilotus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Amaranthaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Amaranthoideae
Genus: Ptilotus
Species (125): P. actinocladus – P. aervoides – P. albidus – P. alexandri – P. andersonii – P. angustifolius – P. aphyllus – P. appendiculatus – P. aristatus – P. arthrolasius – P. astrolasius – P. auriculifolius – P. axillaris – P. barkeri – P. beardii – P. beckerianus – P. benlii – P. blackii – P. brachyanthus – †P. caespitulosus – P. calostachyus – P. capensis – P. capitatus – P. carinatus – P. carlsonii – P. chamaecladus – P. chippendalei – P. chortophytus – P. chrysocomus – P. clementii – P. clivicola – P. comatus – P. conicus – P. corymbosus – P. crinitus – P. crispus – P. crosslandii – P. daphne – P. davisii – P. decalvatus – P. decipiens – P. declinatus – P. disparilis – P. dissitiflorus – P. distans – P. divaricatus – P. drummondii – P. eremita – P. eriotrichus – P. erubescens – P. esquamatus – P. exaltatus – P. exiliflorus – P. extenuatus – P. falcatus – P. fasciculatus – P. fusiformis – P. gardneri – P. gaudichaudii – P. giganteus – P. gomphrenoides – P. grandiflorus – P. halophilus – P. helichrysoides – P. helipteroides – P. holosericeus – P. humilis – P. incanus – P. indivisus – P. johnstonianus – P. kenneallyanus – P. lanatus – P. latifolius – P. lazaridis – P. leucocoma – P. lophotrichus – P. luteolus – P. maconochiei – P. macrocephalus – P. manglesii – P. marduguru – P. mitchellii – P. modestus – P. mollis – P. murrayi – P. nobilis – P. obovatus – P. parvifolius – P. parviflorus – P. pedleyanus – P. polakii – P. polystachyus – P. procumbens – P. propinquus – P. pseudohelipteroides – P. psilorhachis – P. pyramidatus – P. remotiflorus – P. rigidus – P. robynsianus – P. roei – P. rotundatus – P. rotundifolius – P. royceanus – P. schwartzii – P. semilanatus – P. seminudus – †P. senarius – P. sericostachyus – P. sessilifolius – P. spathulatus – P. spicatus – P. stipitatus – P. stirlingii – P. subspinescens – P. symonii – P. tetrandrus – P. trichocephalus – P. uncinellus – P. unguiculatus – P. villosiflorus – P. whitei – P. wilsonii – P. xerophilus – P. yapukaratja
Name

Ptilotus R.Br., Prodr. Fl.: 415 (1810)

Type species: Ptilotus corymbosus R.Br (designated by Iamonico, 2018)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Arthrotrichum F.Muell., Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 7: 500 (1863), provisional name
Type species: Arthrotrichum calostachyum F.Muell.
Dipteranthemum F.Muell., S. Sci. Rec. 3: 281 (1884)
Type species: Dipteranthemum crosslandii F.Muell.
Goniotriche Turcz., Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 22(2): 181 (1849)
Type species: Goniotriche tomentosa Turcz.
Hemisteirus F.Muell., Linnaea 25: 434 (1853)
Type species: Hemisteirus psilotrichodes F.Muell.
Kelita A.R.Bean, Muelleria 28(2): 105 (2010)
Type species: Kelita uncinella A.R.Bean
Trichinium R.Br., Prodr. Fl.: 414 (1810)

References

Brown, R. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. pp. i–viii + 145–590, Londini: R.Taylor. BHL Reference page.
Hammer, T.A., Zhong, X., Colas des Francs-Small, C., Nevill, P.G., Small, I.D. & Thiele, K.R. 2019. Resolving intergeneric relationships in the aervoid clade and the backbone of Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae): Evidence from whole plastid genomes and morphology. Taxon 68(2): 297–314. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12054 Reference page.
Iamonico, D. 2018. Generic typifications in Amarathaceae s.str. Phytotaxa 350(2): 147–154.

Links

Atlas of Living Australia. 2018. Ptilotus R.Br. Accessed 9 April 2018.
Australian Plant Census 2006. Ptilotus. Accessed 14 February 2017.
FloraBase. 2017. Ptilotus R.Br. Accessed 9 March 2017.
Hammer, T.A., Davis, R.W. & Thiele, K.R. 2017. Species of Ptilotus, in: KeyBase: Flowering plants of Australia. Accessed 9 March 2017.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Ptilotus. Published online. Accessed: 14 February 2017.

Ptilotus R.Br. is a genus of approximately 120 species of annual and perennial herbs and shrubs in the family Amaranthaceae. All species are native to mainland Australia,[4][5][6] although one species, Ptilotus spathulatus (R.Br.) Poir., also occurs in Tasmania and another, Ptilotus conicus R.Br., in Malesia on the islands of Flores and Timor.[7] Most of the diversity is in Western Australia, particularly in the Pilbara.[4][7][8] Common names for species in this genus include mulla mulla, foxtails, pussy tails and lamb's tails. The genus was first formally described by botanist Robert Brown in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae in 1810.[1][4] In family-level phylogenetic studies, Ptilotus has been placed within a clade informally known as the 'aervoids'.[9] It has been resolved as monophyletic and is closely related to Aerva Forssk.[4][10] An interactive key to the species of Ptilotus is available at KeyBase.[11]
Contents

1 Species
2 Conservation status
3 Gallery
4 References

Species
Main article: List of Ptilotus species
Conservation status

A number of Ptilotus species are listed as threatened or priority flora in Western Australia:[8]

Ptilotus actinocladus T.Hammer & R.W.Davis, Priority 1
Ptilotus alexandri Benl, Priority 2
Ptilotus andersonii R.W.Davis, Priority 1
Ptilotus beardii Benl, Priority 3
Ptilotus blackii Benl, Priority 3
Ptilotus caespitulosus F.Muell., Presumed Extinct
Ptilotus chortophytus (Diels) Schinz, Priority 1
Ptilotus chrysocomus R.W.Davis, Priority 1
Ptilotus clivicola R.W.Davis & T.Hammer, Priority 2
Ptilotus crispus Benl, Priority 1
Ptilotus crosslandii (F.Muell.) Benl, Priority 3
Ptilotus daphne Lally, Priority 1
Ptilotus falcatus R.W.Davis & T.Hammer, Priority 1
Ptilotus fasciculatus W.Fitzg., Priority 4
Ptilotus lazaridis Benl, Priority 3
Ptilotus luteolus (Benl & H.Eichler) R.W.Davis, Priority 3
Ptilotus marduguru Benl, Priority 2
Ptilotus mitchellii Benl, Priority 1
Ptilotus mollis Benl, Priority 4
Ptilotus procumbens Benl, Priority 1
Ptilotus pyramidatus (Moq.) F.Muell., Threatened (Declared Rare)
Ptilotus rigidus Lally, Priority 1
Ptilotus sericostachyus subsp. roseus (Moq.) Benl, Priority 1
Ptilotus subspinescens R.W.Davis, Priority 3
Ptilotus tetrandrus Benl, Priority 1
Ptilotus trichocephalus Benl, Priority 4
Ptilotus wilsonii Benl, Priority 1
Ptilotus yapukaratja R.W.Davis & T.Hammer, Priority 1

References

Brown, R. (1810). Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen. London: Typis Richardi Taylor & Socii. p. 414. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.3678.
Black, J.M. (1948). Amaranthaceae: in Flora of South Australia, vol. 2. Adelaide: S.A. Government Printer. pp. 323–332.
Benl, G. (1990). "Further taxonomic studies in Australian Amaranthaceae". Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München. 29: 495–502.
Hammer, Timothy A.; Davis, Robert W.; Thiele, Kevin R. (2015). "A molecular framework phylogeny for Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae): Evidence for the rapid diversification of an arid Australian genus". Taxon. 64 (2): 272–285. doi:10.12705/642.6.
"Australian Plant Census". Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
"Nuytsia: 29: A key to Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae) in Western Australia". florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
"Ptilotus occurrence records". Australia's Virtual Herbarium. Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
"Ptilotus R.Br". FloraBase. Western Australian Herbarium. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
Müller, K.; Borsch, T. (2005). "Phylogenetics of Amaranthaceae based on matK/trnK sequence data: Evidence from parsimony, likelihood, and Bayesian analyses". Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 92: 66–102.
Sage, R.F.; Sage, T.L.; Pearcy, R.W.; Borsch, T. (2007). "The taxonomic distribution of C4 photosynthesis in Amaranthaceae sensu stricto". Am. J. Bot. 94 (12): 1992–2003. doi:10.3732/ajb.94.12.1992. PMID 21636394.
Hammer, Timothy A.; Davis, Robert W.; Thiele, Kevin R. (17 January 2017). "Species of Ptilotus". KeyBase: Flowering plants of Australia. Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 27 January 2017.