Maireana trichoptera

Maireana trichoptera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Maireana
Species:
M. trichoptera
Binomial name
Maireana trichoptera
Synonyms[1]

Bassia dallachyana (Benth.) F.Muell.
Chenolea dallachyana Benth.
Kochia excavata var. trichoptera J.M.Black
Kochia villosa var. lasioptera F.Muell.

Maireana trichoptera is a plant in the Amaranthaceae family, native to all mainland states and territories of Australia except Queensland.[1]

It was first described as Kochia excavata var. trichoptera by John McConnell Black in 1923,[2][3] but was transferred to the genus, Maireana in 1975 by Paul Graham Wilson.[2][4]

  1. ^ a b "Maireana trichoptera (J.M.Black) Paul G.Wilson | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". powo.science.kew.org. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Maireana trichoptera". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  3. ^ Black, J.M. (1923). "Additions to the Flora of South Australia. No. 21". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia. 47: 368.
  4. ^ P.G. Wilson (1975). "A taxonomic revision of the genus Maireana (Chenopodiaceae)". Nuytsia. 2 (1): 31, fig. 6 E-F. doi:10.58828/NUY00028. ISSN 0085-4417. Wikidata Q100730478.