Podolepis lessonii

Podolepis lessonii is an erect annual herb native to Western Australia, belonging to the Asteraceae family.[4]

Podolepis lessonii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Podolepis
Species:
P. lessonii
Binomial name
Podolepis lessonii
Synonyms[3]

Panaetia lessonii Cass.
Podolepis gilbertii Turcz.
Scalia lessonii (Cass.) Kuntze

Taxonomy

The species was first described in 1829 as Panaetia lessonii by the French botanist, Henri Cassini.[1][5] The species epithet, lessonii, honours Monsieur Lesson who collected a specimen from King George Sound in 1826.[5] The species was assigned to the genus, Podolepis, in 1867 by George Bentham.[1][2] The name currently accepted by the Western Australian Herbarium is Panaetia lessonii Cass., because of the studies of Jeffrey Jeanes,[6][7] who distinguished Panaetia from the genera, Podolepis, Siemssenia and Walshia, using the following characters:

  1. the outer florets are all tubular; and
  2. the cypselas are minutely tuberculate and lack long finger-like papillae.[7]

Distribution and habitat

It is found widely in Beard's South-West and Eremaean provinces, in many different habitats and soils.[7]

References
  1. "Podolepis lessonii". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. Bentham, G. (1867). "Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae". Flora Australiensis. 3: 606.
  3. "Podolepis lessonii (Cass.) Benth. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  4. "Podolepis lessonii". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  5. Cassini, A.H.G. de (1829). "Panaetia lessonii". Annales des Sciences Naturelles. 17: 417.
  6. "Name Currency Podolepis lessonii (Cass.) Benth". Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  7. Jeffrey A. Jeanes (2021). "Studies in Podolepis and some related genera (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae)" (PDF). Muelleria. 39: 81. ISSN 0077-1813. Wikidata Q106035965.
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