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

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

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. 1 2 3 "Podolepis lessonii". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. 1 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. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 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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