Xerochrysum Tzvelev
(syn.: Bracteantha Anderb. et Haegi)
Xerochrysum is small Australian genus of five species. It is a segregate of Helichrysum (Anderberg 1991). One species, Xerochrysum bracteatum, is widely cultivated as an ornamental (cutflower, everlasting).
Literature:
Anderberg A.A. (1991) Taxonomy and phylogeny of the tribe Gnaphalieae. (Asteraceae) Opera Botanica 104: 1-195.
Bayer R.J. (2001) Xerochrysum Tzvelev, a pre-existing generic name for Bracteantha Anderb. and Haegi (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae). Kew Bull. 56(4): 1013-1015.
Grant M. (2002) Nomenclatural notes. Bracteantha: everlasting flower, ephemeral name. Plantsman N.S. 1(4): 236.
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